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THE  "OLD  NORTHWEST" 


Genealogical  Quarterly. 


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1906 


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Volume  IX. 


COLUMBUS,  OHIO : 

PUBLISHED  BY 

The  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogical  Society. 

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Prankun  County  Memorial  Haix. 

East  Broad  Street. 

1906. 

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INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS. 


Adams,  Andrew  5?.,  165. 
Andrews.  Herbert  C,  153. . 
Arms  [see  Heraldry]. 

Barr  Genealogy.  S3;  , 

Book  Notices.  191.  t 

Brown,  Captain  Benjamin,  2^r 
Bush  n  ell,  3G7. 

Cemetery  Inscriptions- 
Africa.  Delaware  Co.,  O..  207. 
Center'.urtr.  Knox  Co.,  O..  IS6. 
Cheshire,  Delaware  Co..  O..  261. 
^German,  near  Columbus,  O.,  1S7 

Central  College.  296. 

Clinton.  DeWitt.  Visit  to  Ohio,  126. 

Cole  Genealogy,  65. 

Davis,  Samuel,  2SS. 

Esther  Institute,  143. 

Gerould,  Rev.  Dr.  S.  L..  255. 
Goodrich  Genealogy,  25$. 

Heraldry— 

Cooler,  171. 

Dexter.  93. 

Goodrich,  2G9. 

Shepsird.93. 
Hunter,  William  K.,271. 

Keffer  Genealogy,  142. 
Knapp  Genealogy,  250.  7.  S  J 

LaSerre  Genealogy,  86. 


LaFayette,  Reception  in  Ohio,  129. 
Lee,  Timothy,  2u9. 

Maltby  Genealogy.  314. 
Manwaring,  Charles  W„  162. 
Marriage  Records,  Franklin  Co.,  1S4. 
Morrow,  Gov.  Jeremiah,  1,  99,227. 

Notes  and  Queries.  94. 

Osborn  Genealogy,  150. 

Presbyterian  Church,  Reformed  Dissenting, 

The,  17. 
Proceedings.  94,  272. 
Public  Domain,  The,  113. 

Railroad,  First  out  of  Cincinnati,  235. 
Bo.-ecrans,  Bishop  Sylvester,  oil. 

St.  Clair,  Gen.  Arthur,  33. 
St.  Clair  Genealogy,  43, 167. 
Shepard  Genc-do'-cy,  5J. 
Shepardsou  Genealogy.  59. 
Spvague  Genealogy,  77. 

Thrall  Genealogy,  169. 
Trimble,  Gov.  Allen,  Autobiography,  195, 
275. 

Willson  Genealogy,  257. 
Wittich,  G.  F..  Autobiography,  134. 
Wittieh  Genealogy,  139. 
Wolfer  Genealogy,  139. 

Zieger  Genealogy,  142. 


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GENEALOGICAL  QUARTERLY. 


JANUARY,   1906 


JEREMIAH  MORROW. 


First  Representative  to  Congress  from  Ohio,  United  States 
Senator,  and  Governor. 

By  his  grandson.  Josiait  Morrow,  Lebanon.  Ohio. 

-Name — Race — Family. 

THE  name  Morrow  is  a  modification  of  the  Scotch  surname 
Murray,  an  older  form  of  which  is  Moray.  In  many 
Morrow  families,  both  in  Ireland  and  in  America,  there 
are  traditions  that  the  name  was  formerly  Murray  or  Moray. 
In  the  family  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  the  name  was 
changed  from  Murray  to  Morrow  in  this  country  not  long 
before  the  Revolution.  In  other  families  the  same  change 
appears  to  have  been  made  at  an  earlier  date  and  in  Ireland. 
It  is  therefore  impossible  to  trace  all  the  Morrow  families  to  a 
common  ancestor.  Morrow  may  be  said,  however,  to  be_  a 
Scotch-Irish  name — an  Irish  twist  to  Murray — most  of  the  old 
I'rotestant  families  of  this  name  having  been  at  some  period 
residents  of  Ulster  in  Ireland,  to  which  province  they  passed 
over  from  Scotland.  The  absence  of  the  name  from  old 
records  and  indexes  indicates  that  it  is  not  an  ancient  one. 
Willi  its  present  orthography  it  is  believed  to  be  not  more 
than  two  huxidred  and  fifty  years  old. 

Morrow  is  an  uncommon  surname  both  in  England  and 
Scotland,  and  in  Ireland  it  is  not  found  in  the  south  and  west 
hut  is  frequently   met  with   in   the   northern    counties   where 


2  Jeremiah  Morrow.  .  Qan., 

there  are  many  descendants  of  Scotch  families.  These  facts 
strengthen  the  view  that  the  name  originated  among  the 
Scotch  of  the  North  of  Ireland.  In  America  it  is  found  wher- 
ever the  Scotch-Irish  have  penetrated.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  twentieth  century,  among  the  large  cities  of  the  world,  as 
appears  from  their  directories,  the  largest  number  of  Morrows 
were  found  in  the  twin  cities  of  Pittsburg  and  Allegheny, 
where  there  were  211  ;  next  was  Philadelphia  with  125,  while 
in  London,  England,  there  were  but  three.  The  name  does 
not  occur  in  the  National  Dictionary  of  British  Biography, 
containing  27,195  names,  and  in  Phillips's  Great  Index  to  Bio- 
graphical References,  containing  over  100,000  names,  there  is 
but  one  Morrow,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  In  modern  geog- 
raphy the  name  is  given  to  nine  localities,  all  in  America. 
Morrow  county  in  Ohio  was  named  in  1S4S  in  honor  of  Gov- 
ernor Morrow. 

The  Scotch-Irish  began  to  emigrate  to  Pennsylvania  in  large 
numbers  about  1719.  They  were  the  descendants  of  the  Scotch 
settlers  introduced  into  the  North  of  Ireland  by  James  I  and 
Cromwell.  The  Scotch-Irish  in  Ulster  were  Scotchmen  living 
in  Ireland.  The  name  dees  not  indicate  a  mingling  of  blood. 
So  far  as  race  is  concerned  there  was  nothing  Irish  about  them. 
The  Scotch-Irish  became  a  strongly  marked  race  because  they 
lived  in  their  new  home  in  Ulster  surrounded  by  dangers  and 
engaged  in  a  constant  warfare  with  a  people  whose  lands  had 
been  confiscated.  They  lived  among  a  people  alien  in  blood, 
religion  and  language. 

They  were  men  of  grit,  enterprise  and  energy.  If  they  were 
sometimes  harsh,  reckless  and  headstrong,  they  were  still  a 
people  of  singular  bravery,  probity,  piety  and  love  of  learning. 
Macaulay  describes  the  colonists  of  Ulster  at  the  time  of  the 
famous  siege  of  Londonderry,  as  superior  to  their  kindred  in 
the  mother  country  both  as  militia-men  and  jury-men  and 
above  the  average  level  in  knowledge,  energy  and  persever- 
ance. According  to  Bancroft  the  first  voice  publicly  raised  in 
America  to  dissolve  all  connection  with  Great  Britain  came 
from  the  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians.  "There  is  no  better 
breed  of  men  to  be  found  anywhere  in  the  world,"  says  Prof. 
John  Fiske.  From  this  race  in  America  came  Andrew  Jackson, 
John  C.  Calhoun  and  Horace  Greeley. 


100G.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  3 

Among  the  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  emigrants  who  came  to 
Pennsylvania  were  small  clusters  of  families  of  a  sect  called 
Covenanters,  because  they  asserted  that  the  Solemn  League  and 
Covenant  of  their  forefathers  was  binding  upon  them.  Their 
presbytery  in  Scotland  took  the  name  of  the  Reformed  Pres- 
bytery to  indicate  that  they  were  Reformation  Presbyterians 
and  to  emphasize  their  abjuration  of  popery  and  prelacy. 
They  were  sometimes  styled  Cameronians  after  Richard  Cam- 
eron, one  of  their  field  preachers  who  was  killed  in  1GS0.  They 
were  known  as  Mountain  people  because  in  times  of  persecu- 
tion they  had  fled  to  the  mountains  to  worship  in  secret  places. 
They  were  denominated  Old  Presbyterians  because  they  held 
to  the  faith  and  practice  of  the  most  ancient  form  of  Presby- 
terianism.     ^~ 

Jeremiah  Murray,  a  Scotchman  by  blood,  an  Irishman  by 
nativity  and  a  Covenanter  in  religion,  came  from  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  a  generation  before  the  Revolution  and  found  a  home 
in  what  is  now  Adams  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  in  a  new 
country  he  peacefully  cultivated  his  silent  fields,  which,  more 
than  a  century  after  his  death,  were  shaken  by  artillery  at  the 
great  battle  of  Gettysburg.  On  April  8,  1753,  he  was  ordained 
a  Ruling  Elder  of  the  Covenanter  Society  of  Rock  Creek  by 
Rev.  John  Cuthbertson,  the  first  Covenanter  minister  sent  to 
America  by  the  Reformed  Presbytery  of  Scotland,  at  the  first 
ordination  of  Ruling  Elders  of  that  church  in  this  country. 
His  name  is  repeatedly  mentioned  in  the  diary  of  Mr.  Cuth- 
bertson, which  is  the  source  of  most  of  our  knowledge  of  the 
early  Covenanters  of  Pennsylvania.  The  Covenanters  of  Amer- 
ica had  fled  from  persecution,  and  before  the  arrival  of  their 
first  missionary  in  1751,  were  collected  into  societies,  fostering 
with  care  the  doctrines  and  beliefs  for  which  their  ancestors 
had  suffered  and  which  they  held  dearer  than  life.  There  were 
seven  or  eight  of  these  little  societies  between  the  Susquehanna 
and  the  Blue  Ridge  as  early  as  1744.  In  the  absence  of  a 
meeting  house  the  society  of  Rock  Creek  had  what  was  called 
a  "tent"  for  public  worship,  described  as  a  stand  in  the  woods 
with  a  shelter  for  the  preacher,  a  board  braced  against  a  tree 
on  which  to  lay  the  Bible  and  Psalm  Book,  and  rude  seats  in 
front  for  the  congregation,  over  whom  was  no  covering  but 
the  sky.  Mr.  Cuthbertson  preached  at  the  tent,  which  was  not 
far  from  where  Gettysburg  now  is,  at  his  first  visit  to  the  society 


4  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [Jan., 

September  1, 1751.  The  first  Ruling  Elders  of  this  society  were 
Jeremiah  Murray  and  David  Dunwoody,  both  of  whose  sur- 
names have  been  modified.  The  former  was  the  grandfather 
of  Governor  Morrow  of  Ohio,  the  latter  the  grandfather  of 
Rev.  James  L.  Dinwiddie,  D.  D.,  of  Philadelphia.  Before  the 
Revolution  this  society  became  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
important  of  the  Covenanter  societies  in  America.  It  built  the 
first  church  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Gettysburg  near  the 
elevation  now  known  as  Barlow's  Knoll  of  the  great  battlefield 
and  at  a  later  day  erected  the  first  house  of  worship  in  the 
borough  of  Gettysburg. 

For  twenty-two  years  Rev.  John  Cuthbertson  was  the  only 
Covenanter  preacher  in  America.  Year  after  year  he  traveled 
on  horseback  in  his  pastoral  labors  over  a  region  now  forming 
five  or  six  counties,  making  his  way  in  summer's  heat  and  win- 
ter's storms  through  the  mountain  gaps  and  over  the  bridgeless 
streams  of  a  new  and  rugged  country.  For  thirty-nine  years 
he  toiled  on,  during  which,  as  shown  by  his  journal,  he  preached 
on  2,452  days,  baptized  1,806  children,-  married  240  couples  and 
rode  on  horseback  70,000  miles.  In  1768  he  solemnized  the 
marriage  of  the  parents  of  Jeremiah  Morrow  and  also  of  the 
parents  of  his  wife. 

Some  of  the  lead  tokens  used  by 
the  early  Covenanters  at  their  com-  « .r^^f'^-!  G /'C^r^ 
munion  services  have  been  preserved,  fc'3  *&£*  ?  S^ksst^^F^^i 
They  are  of  a  rectangular  shape,  ll&>$  {.  \'j  %}^fi$]~$ 
about  one-half  of  an  inch  long  and  *®*&£&&^  ^szfaG&dffiir 
nearly  as   wide.      Rudely  raised   on  Lead  Token- 

one  side  are  the  letters,  R.  P.  (Reformed  Presbyterian),  and  on 
the  other,  L.  S.  (Lord's  Supper)  and  the  date,  1752. 

Jeremiah  Murray  died  September  14,  1758,  aged  47  years, 
and  was  buried  in  a  graveyard  on  the  bank  of  Marsh  creek  a 
few  miles  west  of  Gettysburg.  His  wife,  Sarah,  survived  him 
forty  years  and  died  December  19,  17l..*8,  aged  7Q  years.  By 
the  death  of  her  husband  in  the  prime  of  life  she  was  left  with 
a  family  of  eight  young  children,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  the 
only  son,  aged  about  fifteen  years.  All  the  children  received  a 
careful  and  Christian  home  training,  and  all  of  them  married 
and  reared  respectable  families.  The  son  was  christened  John, 
and  upon  him  as  the  eldest  child  early  devolved  largely  the 
care  of  the  family.     He  was  the  first  of  his  family  to  write  his 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  5 

name  Morrow.  This  orthography  of  his  surname  he  adopted 
while  a  boy  at  school.  The  Scotch-Irish  dialect  prevailed  in  the 
community  in  which  he  lived  and  a  pronunciation  had  adhered 
to  his  family  name  which  has  sometimes  been  expressed  by 
Murrough.* 

John  Morrow,  the  father  of  Governor  Morrow,  was  an  intelli- 
gent and  influential  farmer.  His  farm  on  Marsh  creek  south- 
west of  Gettysburg  was  deeded  to  him  by  John  and  Richard 
Penn  and  contained  two  hundred  and  twenty-two  acres.  In 
1791-2-3  he  was  a  County  Commissioner  for  the  county  of 
York.  He  was  also  appointed  by  the  Governor  a  Justice  of 
the  Peace  of  the  same  county.  After  the  organization  of 
/?     fi  //  Adams  county  in  1800,  he 

^&iCr*/   %~sw(f?r&7ir  took  a  Prominent  Part  in 

*  "    "       the  politics  of  that  county, 

acting  witii  nic  ±.  ccicranSvS. 

Signature  of  the  father  of  * 

Governor  Morrow.  Adams  Was  One  of   the    few 

counties  in  Pennsylvania  which  continued  subsequent  to  1800 
to  give  large  majorities  for  the  Federal  ticket,  and  that  party 
at  that  time  undoubtedly  embraced  the  great  majority  of  the 
most  intelligent  and  respectable  citizens.  The  files  of  the 
Adams  Ce?itinel,  published  at  Gettysburg,  show  that  John  Mor- 
row repeatedly  represented  Liberty  township  in  the  county 
conventions  of  the  dominant  party,  and  usually  when  a  dele- 
gate was  chairman  of  the  convention. 

In  1793  he  appears  to  have  been  the  leader  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  literary  and  debating  society,  called  "The  Franklinian 
Society  of  Marsh  Creek."  The  dissertations  he  read  before 
this  society  to  the  number  of  twenty-six  were  sewed  together, 
forming  a  small  manuscript  volume,  a  part  of  which  was  found 
long  after  his  death  in  the  garret  of  the  farmhouse  of  his  son, 
John,  in  Butler  county,  Ohio.  One  of  the  rules  of  this  society 
was:  4,Any  useful  subject  excepting  divinity  may  be  discussed." 

*The  following  facts  concerning  the  seven  daughters  can  he  given:  Martha,  the 
second  child  and  eldest  diiu-hter.  m.  David  Parkhill,  of  Fayette  Co".,  Pa.;  she  d.  Dec.  3, 
1M~\  aged  m  years  3  months. 

Esther  m.  John  Bourns,  a  manufacturer  of  sickles  on  the  Antietam;  she  d.  1797.  aged 
■!. ;  her  descendants  wrote  their  surname  Burns,  as  it  was  pronounced,  except  Dr.  J.  Fran- 
cis ftpuras,  of  Philadelphia,  who  retained  the  original  spelling. 

Elizabeth  in  1774  in.  Samuel  Wilson,  who  removed  from  his  farm  on  the  Antietam  to 
one  on  the  Mononguhela,  sixteen  miles  from  Pitisburg. 

Mary  m.  John  Rankin  in  1776.' 

Jane  m.  William  Patterson  a  farmer  near  Waynesboro.  Pa. ;  she  d.  1882,  aged  82. 

According  to  Dr.  J.  Francis  Bourns,  Mrs.  Sarah  Galbraith  and  Mrs.  Louisa  Findlev 
#er«  the  remaining  two  daughters. 


6  Jeremiah  Morrozv.  [Jan., 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Rock  Creek  church,  which  his 
father  had  assisted  in  organizing,  but  after  the  union  of  the 
Associate  and  Reformed  Presbyteries  in  1782  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Hill  Associate-Reformed  Church,  which  was  nearer  his 
residence.  He  was  a  Ruling  Elder  and  his  name  appears 
among  the  list  of  delegates  to  the  "General  Synod  of  the 
Associate-Reformed  Church  in  North  America"  at  the  first 
meeting  of  that  body  held  in  Greencastle,  Pennsylvania. 

On  Wednesday,  November  9,  17G8,  he  was  married  by  Rev. 
John  Cuthbertson  to  Miss  Mary  Lockart.  He  died  July  31, 
1811,  aged  OS  years.  His  wife  died  March  12,  1790,  aged  45 
years.  They  were  buried  in  Marsh  Creek  graveyard  west  of 
Gettysburg  by  the  graves  of  his  parents.  The  dates  of  the 
birth  of  the  nine  children  of  John  Morrow  were  recorded  by 
him  in  his  family  Bible  as  follows : 

Margret,  November  25th,  1769.    Sabbath. 
Jeremiah,  October  6th,  1771.    Sabbath. 
Sarah,  October  24th,  1 773.    Sabbath. 
Jonx,  October  3d,  1775.    Tuesday. 
Mary,  November  10th,  1777.     Monday. 
Rebekah,  December  12th,  1779.     Sabbath. 
James,  April  14th,  17S2.    Sabbath. 
Jane,  December  12th,  1784.     Sabbath. 
Martha,  May  21st,  17S7.     Monday. 


Youth. 

The  farm  on  which  Jeremiah  Morrow  was  born  and  passed 
his  youth  was  situated  in  a  region  of  beautiful  and  diversified 
scenery.  The  South  Mountain  range,  the  first  great  chain  west 
of  the  seaboard,  rises  eight  miles  in  the  west  and  trending 
eastward,  its  dark  blue  outline  is  seen  far  in  the  northern  hori- 
zon. Marsh  creek,  a  beautiful  stream  of  pure  water  fed  by 
never-failing  springs,  flows  southeast  and  unites  near  the  Mary- 
land line  with  Rock  creek,  forming  the  Monocacy.  Plum  run, 
so  named  before  the  Revolution,  from  the  thickets  of  plum 
bushes  lining  its  banks,  runs  through  the  farm.  The  tourist 
here  finds  forest-covered  hills  and  open  fields,  shady  coverts 
and  rocky  ravines.  The  geologist  explores  a  formation  occu- 
pied with  red  sandstones  and  red  shales,  enormous  trap  dykes 
and  huge  syenitic  boulders.  To  the  east  and  north  is  an  area 
which  will  ever  be  visited  by  travelers  from  remotest  regions 


1000.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  7 

with  intensest  interest,  for  upon  it  was  fought  the  great  battle 
of  Gettysburg — "equal  in  magnitude,  in  gallantry  and  despera- 
tion of  combatants,  in  human  slaughter  and  in  the  vast  inter- 
ests which  hung  upon  its  issue,  to  any  recorded  in  history." 

Stone  farmhouses  were  common  in, this  part  of  Pennsylvania 
before  the  Revolution,  and  one  of  them,  situated  a  little  over 
five  miles  in  a  direct  line  from  Gettysburg  and  four  miles  north 
of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line,  was  the  early  home  of  Jeremiah. 
In  January,  1772,  when  he  was  an  infant,  snow  fell  in  this  region 
to  a  depth  of  three  and  one-half  feet,  and  deer,  which  before 
had  been  numerous,  were  nearly  exterminated.  York,  thirty 
miles  distant,  was  the  seat  of  justice  for  the  settlement  on 
Marsh  creek  until  1800,  and  its  postoffice  until  1790.  Gettys- 
town,  as  it  was  called,  was  a  little  hamlet,  not  reaching  the 
dignity  of  a  borough  until  1807. 

Jeremiah  assisted  in  ihc  cultivation  o£  a  large  farm  of  only 
medium  fertility  at  a  time  when  slowr  and  toilsome  hand  labor 
was  the  only  means  of  carrying  on  nearly  all  the  processes  of 
agriculture.  Most  of  his  farming  implements  were  of  wood, 
rude  in  construction  and  often  made  on  the  farm  with  some 
assistance  from  the  neighboring  blacksmith  shop.  He  learned 
not  only  to  plow  but  to  make  the  plow  with  the  wooden  mold- 
board.  He  became  expert  with  the  sickle,  the  most  ancient  of 
reaping  implements.  He  threshed  with  the  flail  or  tossed  the 
straw  with  a  wooden  fork  as  the  grain  was  trodden  out  with 
horses  or  oxen.  Machinery  for  planting/tilling,  reaping  and 
threshing,  which  lighten  the  farmer's  toil  and  give  it  better 
reward,  were  yet-to  be. invented.  So  few  and,  simple  were  the 
agricultural  implements  at  the  period  of  the  Revolution,  that 
it  has  been  said  the  farmer  could  carry  on  his  shoulders  all  his 
farming  tools,  except  his  cumbersome  harrow  with  wooden 
teeth. 

The  elementary  schools  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  eighteenth 
century  were  not  of  a  high  order  and  the  early  school  education 
of  Jeremiah  did  not  extend  beyond  the  rudimentary  branches 
of  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic.  English  grammar  and 
geography  were  not  taught  in  the  schools  of  his  boyhood. 
When  a  young  man  he  attended  for  a  short  time  a  school  of 
a  higher  order  where  he  applied  himself  industriously  and 
made  rapid  progress,  especially  in  mathematics.  He  became 
acquainted  with  algebra,  elementary  geometry,  trigonometry 


8  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [Jan., 

and  surveying.  Having  practiced  field  surveying,  he  made 
that  his  vocation  in  early  manhood  when  not  engaged  in  work 
on  the  farm.  Perhaps  the  best  part  of  his  intellectual  education 
was  the  result  of  an  ardent  thirst  for  knowledge  which  led  to  a 
lively  interest  in  reading  the  best  books  within  his  reach.  He 
became  an  extensive  reader,  eschewing  fiction  and  trashy  liter- 
ature generally.  His  love  of  useful  books  continued  through 
life,  and  when  a  pioneer  in  the  western  woods  he  soon  had 
about  him  a  good  library. 

Like  most  young  men  of  talents,  he  became  a  member  of 
associations  for  intellectual  improvement  and  when  the  Frank- 
linian  Society  of  Marsh  Creek  was  organized,  he  was  one  of 
five  who  read  dissertations  in  the  Hill  meeting  house  on  the 
evening  of  October  15, 1793,  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  society, 
which  was  an  organization  of  more  dignity  than  the  average 
old-fashicned  debating  club,  ^nd  maintained  a  useful  existence 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  grew  up  a  young  man  with  a  better 
education  than  his  associates,  a  robust  understanding  and  a 
mind  stored  with  a  fund  of  useful  knowledge.  He  wrote  an 
easy,  rapid  and  legible  hand.  Without  an  acquaintance  with 
technical  grammar,  he  acquired  the  power  of  expressing  his 
thoughts  on  paper  in  a  style  always  clear,  generally  correct, 
and  while  free  of  rhetorical  ornament,  sometimes  characterized 
by  elegance  and  grace.  '  This  power  of  fully  conveying  his 
thoughts  in  writing  proved  of  incalculable  advantage  to  him  as 
well  while  serving  as  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  the  North- 
west territory,  as  when  chairman  of  a  committee  in  the  halls 
of  Congress. 

When  forty  years  of  age  and  a  United  States  Senator,  he 
boarded  in  Washington  with  John  McLean,  afterwards  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  then  a  Represent- 
ative in  Congress.  They  agreed  to  spend  their  evenings  in 
mutual  instruction,  the  Senator  teaching  the  Representative 
mathematics,  the  Representative  teaching  the  Senator  the 
principles  of  grammar.  For  a  while  their  lessons  were  prose- 
cuted with  enthusiasm,  but  the  interest  soon  flagged  and  the 
evening  school  was  discontinued. 

The  Maske  Manor,  established  by  warrant  of  the  Proprieta- 
ries of  Pennsylvania  in  1741,  included  the  Morrow  farm.  It 
was  a  parallelogram  twelve  miles  north  and  south  and  six  miles 
east  and  west.     The  battlefield  of  Gettysburg,  which  embraces 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  9 

about  twenty-five  square  miles,  is  included  in  the  southern  half 
of  the  manor.  The  attempt  to  create  a  manor,  with  its  court 
baron  and  attendant  privileges,  though  authorized  by  William 
Penn's  charter,  was  stubbornly  resisted  by  the  Scotch-Irish 
settlers,  many  of  whom  had  made  their  settlements  and  had 
begun  their  improvements  prior  to  the  date  of  the  manor  war- 
rant. A  fierce  dispute  concerning  the  title  of  lands  in  the 
Maske  Manor  was  not  settled  until  after  the  Revolution.  In 
1790  a  settlement  was  reached  under  which  the  holders  of  land 
warrants  received  deeds  for  their  lands  on  the  payment  to  the 
Penns  of  the  common  price  of  proprietary  lands  in  Pennsylva- 
nia prior  to  the  Revolution — 15  pounds  and  10  shillings  per 
one  hundred  acres,  with  interest  thereon.  The  Maske  Manor 
derived  its  name  from  an  estate  in  Yorkshire,  England,  belong- 
ing to  Anthony  Lowther,  Esq.,  who  married  Margaret,  sister 
of  William  Penn. 

The  community  in  which  the  character  of  Jeremiah  Morrow 
was  formed  was  as  thoroughly  Scotcii  and  Presbyterian  as  any 
parish  in  Scotland.  His  speech  was  always  marked  by  the 
Scotch  accent.  The  population  was  of  that  vigorous  and  ener- 
getic race  which  fled  from  persecution  and  established  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  America.  Some  were  from  Scotland 
but  a  large  majority,  perhaps  three-fourths,  were  from  Ireland. 
They  were  economical,  hospitable  and  above  the  average  in 
intelligence.  They  were  the  friends  of  learning,  and  from  their 
descendants  largely  came  the  professional  men  and  the  leaders 
of  society.  In  the  struggle  for  independence  they  were  all 
-whigs.  It  may  be  doubted  whether  a  Scotch-Irish  tor^  could 
have  been  found.  Before  the  Revolution  there  were  established 
on  the  Maske  Manor  four  strong  churches,  all  of  them  Presby- 
terian— the  Upper  and  Lower  Marsh  Creek  Presbyterian,  the 
Rock  Creek  Reformed  Presbyterian  (Covenanter)  and  the  Hill 
Associate  Presbyterian  (Secession).  No  other  denomination 
had  a  place  of  worship  on  this  tract  until  near  the  close  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  In  time  there  was  a  great  change  in  the 
population  ;  the  Scotch-Irish  moved  westward  in  large  num- 
bers and  the  Pennsylvania  Germans,  of  the  Lutheran  and 
Reformed  churches,  became  the  dominant  element. 

Probably  the  most  learned  man  with  whom  young  Morrow 
came  often  in  contact  was  Rev.  Alexander  Dobbin,  pastor  of 
his  father's  church.    He  was  a  native  of  Londonderry,  Ireland, 


10  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [Jan., 

and  had  received  a  thorough  education  in  Glasgow  University. 
After  being  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Reformed  Presbytery  of 
Scotland,  he  came  to  this  country  to  minister  to  the  growing 
Covenanter  churches.  He  became  pastor  at  the  Rock  Creek 
church  in  1774,  where  he  continued  until  his  death  in  1809  in 
the  67th  year  of  his  age.  He  established  at  Gettysburg  the  first 
classical  school  west  of  the  Susquehanna.  More  than  sixty  of 
his  pupils  became  professional  men,  twenty-five  of  whom  were 
ministers.  It  is  not  certainly  known  that  this  school  was  the 
one  at  which  young  Morrow  received  his  education  beyond  the 
rudimentary  branches,  but  it  is  highly  probable  that  it  was,  as 
none  other  of  a  high  grade  is  known  to  have  existed  in  the 
vicinity  at  that  period.  Mr.  Dobbin  was  active  at  the  close  of 
trie  Revolution  in  accomplishing  the  union  of  the  Associate 
and  Reformed  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  America, 
and  ever  afterward  held  an  honored  and  prominent  position  in 
the  Associate-Reformed  church,  all  of  whose  early  ministers 
were  well  educated,  many  of  them  able  and'  some  eloquent 
men.  He  was  an  accomplished  scholar  in  Latin,  Greek  and 
Hebrew,  and  before  theological  seminaries  were  established  in 
this  country,  he  superintended  the  instruction  in  Hebrew  and 
theology  of  eight  students  for  the  ministry.  About  1785  he 
became  pastor  of  the  Hill  Associate-Reformed  church,  west 
of  Gettysburg,  and  continued  for  years  to  preach  at  the  Rock 
Creek  and  Hill  churches  and  to  conduct  his  school  at  Gettys- 
burg. He  is  described  as  an  interesting  and  instructive  preacher 
and  a  cheerful,  agreeable  and  witty  companion.  From  infancy, 
through  childhood  and  youth,  Jeremiah  Morrow  heard  the 
preaching  and  received  the  religious  instruction  of  this  excel- 
lent man,  and  under  his  ministry  in  early  manhood,  became  a 
member  of  the  Associate-Reformed  church. 


Pioneer  on  the  Little  Miami. 

When  he  was  twenty-three  years  old  Jeremiah  Morrow 
resolved  to  leave  his  native  place  for  the  boundless  field  of 
enterprise  then  open  to  a  young  man  in  the  territory  northwest 
of  the  Ohio.  In  the  autumn  of  1794  he  started  for  the  west. 
He  was  accompanied  for  some  distance  on  his  journey  by 
his  friend  and  schoolmate,  Rev.  Dr.  John  Mcjimsey,  who 
had  recently  been  licensed  to  the  ministry  of  the  Associate- 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  11 

Reformed  church  and  had  been  sent  on  a  missionary  tour  in 
Kentucky.  Mr.  Morrow  spent  a  portion  of  the  winter  in  west- 
ern Pennsylvania  and  then  pursued  his  journey,  arriving  in  the 
Miami  country  in  the  spring  of  1795.  Stopping  first  at  Colum- 
bia, he  remained  two  or  three  years  engaged  in  what  he  could 
find  to  do  in  the  new  settlements.  He  surveyed  land,  grew 
corn  on  the  fertile  bottoms  of  the  Little  Miami  and  for  a  short 
time  taught  school. 

Although  six  years  had  elapsed  since  the  first  settlement  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Little  Miami  had  been  made,  Columbia  on 
Mr.  Morrow's  arrival  was  a  little  village  of  log  huts,  and  Cin- 
cinnati, which  was  larger,  was  found  that  year  by  a  census  to 
contain  a  population  of  five  hundred  persons  living  in  ninety- 
four  log  cabins  and  ten  frame  houses.  Indian  hostilities  had 
so  checked  immigration,  that  the  whole  Miami  valley  in  1795 
had  a  population  of  probably  less  thafc  two  tWusand  perzo&s. 
The  blockhouse  at  Columbia,  and  Fort  Washington  at  Cincin- 
nati, were  the  most  conspicuous  objects  in  these  settlements. 
More  than  six  months  had  elapsed  since  Wayne's  decisive  vic- 
tory, yet  there  were  occasional  depredations  by  the  Indians. 
In  February  two  men  near  the  mouth  of  the  Great  Miami  were 
killed,  and  in  March  near  North  Bend  one  man  was  killed  and 
eight  horses  were  stolen.  Wayne's  treaty  at  Greenville  in 
August,  1795,  put  an  end  to  Indian  hostilities  and  depredations. 
The  summer  of  1795  was  warm  and  dry,  the  thermometer  at 
Cincinnati  frequently  rising  to  95°  F.  in  the  shade,  and  in  Aug- 
ust the  water  in  the  Ohio  was  so  low  as  to  stop  the  running  of 
the  boats,  and  flour,  quoted  at  six  dollars  per  barrel  in  August, 
soon  doubled  its  price  and  before  the  next  spring  was  sold  at 
fifteen  dollars  per  barrel. 

John  Cleves  Symmes  had  on  September  30,  1794,  received 
from  President  Washington  his  patent  for  311, 0S2  acres  between 
the  Miamis  and  early  in  1795  the  patentee  arrived  in  the  Miami 
country  and  began  the  execution  of  deeds  to  those  who  had 
purchased^land  of  him.  It  was  chiefly  in  the  Symmes  purchase 
between  the  Miami  rivers  and  in  the  Virginia  military  district 
cast  of  the  Little  Miami,  that  Jeremiah  Morrow  spent  three 
years  as  a  land  surveyor  before  he  began  to  make  improve- 
ments on  the  site  selected  by  him  for  his  permanent  home. 
Neither  of  these  tracts  had  the  benefit  of  the  admirable  system 
of  the  land  surveys  of  the  national  government.     The  original 


12  Jeremiah  Morrow,  [Jan., 

surveys  of  both  districts  were  defective  ;  uncertainty  and  litiga- 
tion were  the  result.  The  experience  of  the  young  surveyor  in 
the  wilds  of  the  Miamis  proved  of  great  value  to  him  when 
subsequently  called  to  frame  laws  for  the  survey  and  sale  of 
government  lands. 

Within  one  or  two  years  after  his  arrival,  he  contracted  with 
Judge  Symmes  for  the  purchase  of  a  tract  of  land  on  the  Little 
Miami  about  twenty  miles  from  its  mouth,  in  what  is  now 
Deerfield  township,  Warren  county.  The  price  was  one  dollar 
and  a  half  per  acre.  With  subsequent  purchases  he  became 
the  owner  of  over  five  hundred  acres.  In  the  winter  of  179G-97 
Jeremiah  Morrow,  Thomas  Espy  and  John  Parkhill,  who  had 
determined  to  locate  in  the  same  vicinity,  surveyed  their  lands, 
enduring  the  privations  of  camp  life  in  a  wilderness  in  a  winter 
of  great  severity,  and  the  next  season  they  began  the  work  of 
improvement.  The  labut  oi  opening  a  (arm  in  the  region  cov- 
ered with  large  oaks,  maples  and  hickories,  was  very  great  and 
the  -difficulty  was  increased  by  the  thick  growing  underwood 
of  spice  bushes.  Writh  hard  labor  one  hardy  pioneer  could 
clear  and  burn  an  acre  in  three  weeks.  It  usually  required  six 
or  seven  years  for  the  settler  to  open  his  farm  and  build  a 
better  house  than  his  first  log  cabin.  Morrow  built  his  cabin 
about  a  half  a  mile  from  the  Little  Miami,  near  the  center  of 
section  15,  town  3,  range  2  of  Symmes's  purchase.  In  1804  the 
legislature  of  Ohio  made  an  appropriation  for  the  construction 
of  a  state  road  from  Chillicothe  to  Cincinnati.  This  road 
passed  directly  by  the  cabin  of  Mr.  Morrow  and  for  more  than 
a  quarter  of  a  century  was  one  of  the  leading  thoroughfares  of 
the  state  of  Ohio. 

On  February  19,  1799,  Mr.  Morrow  was  married  in  his  native 
state  to  his  cousin,  Miss  Mary  Parkhill,  who  was  born  in  Fay- 
ette county,  Pennsylvania,  July  8,  1776.  He  took  his  bride, 
who  was  five  years  his  junior,  to  his  log  cabin,  erected  the  pre- 
vious year  near  the  Little  Miami.  The  forests  around  their 
rude  home  were  almost  unbroken.  Their  neighbors  were  few, 
their  postoffice  was  at  Cincinnati,  twenty  miles  distant.  They 
journeyed  twelve  miles  on  Sunday  through  the  woods  to  attend 
church.  The  town  of  Deerfield,  five  miles  from  their  cabin,  was 
the  oldest  town  in  the  vicinity,  having  been  settled  in  the 
spring  of  1796  and  at  this  time  probably  contained  a  dozen 
cabins.     Meal  and  flour  were  obtained  from  Waldsmith's  mill, 


1000.]  Jere?niah  Morrow.  13 

ten  miles  below  on  the  Little  Miami.  One  day  a  fire  destroyed 
their  cabin  with  every  article  of  household  convenience  it  con- 
tained. The  settlers  for  miles  around  gathered  together,  and, 
in  a  single  day,  erected  for  them  a  new  home,  constructing  it 
as  all  the  first  homes  of  the  pioneers  were  constructed,  of  round 
logs,  clapboard  roof  and  puncheon  floor. 

In  the  early  settlement  of  the  region  between  the  Miamis, 
were  a  number  of  poor  adventurers  who  settled  upon  the  for- 
feitures of  Symmes's  purchase,  which  were  given  to  them  gratu- 
itously. Each  purchaser  of  land  from  Judge  Symmes  was 
required  to  begin  improvements  within  two  years,  or  forfeit 
one-sixth  of  his  purchase,  to  be  taken  from  the  northeast  part, 
which  might  be  given  to  any  volunteer  settler  thereon.  On  the 
arrival  of  Symmes  in  the  Miami  country  in  1795  he  gave  notice 
in  the  "Centinel  of  the  Northwest  Territory,"  published  at 
Cl:ic::i::aLi,  thai:  k.u.cl\  elairiictni!  v^i  a.  forfeiture  should  fence  ana 
clear  in  a  proper  manner,  plant  with  corn  and  cultivate  two 
acres.- otherwise  it  would  be  deemed  a  relinquishment  of  his 
claim  to  the'  forfeiture.  As  Mr.  Morrow  was  searching-  the 
woods  in  a  region  he  supposed  to  be  entirely  tenantless  by 
man,  he  was  startled  by  a  man  suddenly  springing  up  before 
him  with  hunting  knife  and  gun,  his  face  unshaven^  his  hair 
long  and  uncombed,  and  his  hands  and  wrists  dripping  with 
biood.  The  meeting  was  a  mutual  surprise  and  was  followed 
by  mutual  explanations.  The  stranger  was  a  squatter*  on  a 
forfeiture  and  had  just  killed  a  deer  which  he  was  dressing. 
Not  far  off  was  his  hut  and  little  clearing  where  he  lived  alone, 
supporting  himself  chiefly  by  his  rifle.  His  name  was  Peter 
Tetrick. ' 

The  aspect  of  nature  at  this  time  in  its  wild  magnificence  was 
far  different  from  anything  presented  at  this  day  in  the  same 
region.  The  wild  spicewood  was  spread  over  the  rich  uplands 
of  the  Miami  country,  forming  an  undergrowth  of  the  forests 
almost  as  impenetrable  as  the  canebrake  of  Kentucky,  and  like 
the  cane,  it  has  disappeared  with  the  advance  of  civilization. 
Streams  were  less  affected  by  the  drought  and  the  waters  were 
clearer  than  now.  Standing  on  the  bank  of  the  Little  Miami 
where  it  was  more  than  a  hundred  yards  wide,  one  Could  see 
a  shoal  of  fish  sporting  in  the  clear  water  near  the  opposite 
bank.  Farther  up  the  river  the  open  plains  were  covered  with 
a  tall  grass,  which  overtopped  horse  and  rider.     Many  a  mag- 


14 


Jeremiah  Morrow, 


[Jan., 


nificent  white  oak,  four  or  five  feet  in  diameter  and  four  or  five 
hundred  years  old,  but  still  green  and  flourishing,  fell  before 
the  ax  of  the  pioneer.  Now  and  then  a  clumsy  bear  stalked 
the  forest  ;  deer  were  common  and  wild  turkeys  abundant. 
Wolves  were  so  destructive  to  sheep  that  the  law  provided, 
premiums  for  their  scalps,  and  unceasing  vigilance  was  required 
to  protect  the  corn  of  the  settlers  from  the  squirrels  by  day 
and  the  raccoons  by  night. 

A  few  months  after  Mr.  Morrow  became  a  householder,  he 
was  honored  by  his  neighbors  with  their  unanimous  vote  for  a 
civil  office.  Being  assembled  on  August  31,  1799,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  selecting  militia  officers,  his  neighbors  determined  to 
petition  the  Governor  for  the  appointment  of  a  magistrate. 
Although  this  was  not  an  elective  orifice,  they  selected  two  of 
their  number  to  act  as  judges  of  election  and  cast  their  votes 
for  n  ler^on  to  be  recommended  to  the  Governor  for  the  office. 
The  votes  were  cast  unanimously  for  Jeremiah  Morrow  and  a 
petition  was  drawn  up  and  signed  by  the  names  of  those  par- 
ticipating in  the  election  praying  for  his  appointment.  The 
office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  territory  was  one  of  more 
dignity  than  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  the  magistrates  sitting  as 
judges  in  some  of  the  county  courts.  It  was  held  by  such  men 
as  Thomas  Worthington,  Nathaniel  Massie  and  Return  Jona- 
than Meigs.  No  appointment  appears  to  have  been  made  in 
pursuance  of  the  petition  of  Mr.  Morrow's  neighbors  and  it  is 
a  tradition  that  he  did  not  desire  the  office.  The  following 
year  he  was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature.*  _ 


*  A  Petition  for  a  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

To  the  Governor  of  the  N.  W.  Territory  of  the  U.  States  : 

The  petition  of  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  third  [second?]  entire  range  of  the 
Miami  Purchase  near  the  Little  Miami,  humbly  showeth  that  there  has  not  yet  been  any 
person  commissioned  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  this  neighborhood.  Your  petitioners 
consider  them.-elves  as  laboring  under  some  inconveniences  on  that  account,  and  being 
met  on  this  80th  day  of  August  (for  appointment  and  recommending  military  officers) 
judged  it  proper  to  recommend  a  suitable  person  to  the  Governor  for  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
They  were  encouraged  therein  by  the  Governor  in  many  instances  indulging  the  people 
with  the  priviledge  of  appointing  by  suffrage  for  office.  They  therefore  unanimously 
elected  Jeremiah  Morrow  to  recommend  to  the  Governor  as  a  PersOn  suitable  and  well 
qualified  for  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace ;  and  we  your  petitioners  pray  that  the  Gov- 
ernor would  grant  him  a  commission  as  soon  as  convenient,  ii  in  your  wisdom  it  may  be 
proper— and  your  petitioners  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray. 

August  31,  17'J9. 

Certified  bv  the  Judges  o(  Election,  {  }£** ^^"^^ 


Jas.  Martin, 
Sam'l  Erwin, 
Uzal  Bates. 
•Juo.  Meeker, 
Jno.  Patterson, 
Jas.  Keen, 
Ares  Keen, 
Seth  Bates, 


Jno.  McClellan. 
Wm.  Harper, 
Jno.  Deniass, 
Wm.  McClellan, 
Jno.  Bigham, 
Martin  Pernor, 
Jno.  Gaucrh, 
Samuel  Seward, 


Jno.  Seward. 
Jno.  Linky, 
Thomas  Espy, 
Isaac  Shields, 
Peter  Te  trick, 
David  Espy, 
Wm.  Keeie. 
James  Shields, 


Jas.  Kenedv, 
Jno.  Park  hill, 
Allen  Cullum, 
Tho>.  Crawford, 
Daniel  Sickle, 
Jas.  Polfe, 
Daniel  Briney, 
David  Semon. 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrozv.  15 


The  Mill  Creek  Church.  - 

Jeremiah  Morrow  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  first  Asso- 
ciate-Reformed church  northwest  of  the  Ohio.  On  his  arrival 
in  the  Miami  country  he  found  members  of  this  faith  at  Colum- 
bia, Cincinnati,  White's  Station  and  Cunningham's  Station.  A 
meeting  of  these  members  was  held  at  Columbia,  probably  at 
young  Morrow's  suggestion,  and  was  attended  by  about  a 
dozen  heads  of  families  who  united  in  a  petition  to  their  synod 
for  a  preacher  to  be  sent  to  them.  Rev.  Matthew  Henderson 
in  the  summer  of  1797,  and  Rev.  David  Proudfit  in  the  winter 
following,  came  from  Pennsylvania  and  preached  for  a  short 
time  to  the  scattered  members,  probably  in  groves  or  at  their 
homes. 

In  the  summer  of  1798  Rev.  Robert  Warwick  came  from 
I  3ure!  Hil],  Perir,.s\rlv3.r','r'.  ?.rtd  v:rn?~hcr}  *n  TCcntuc!"'  2.i"'d  in 
the  Miami  settlements.  He  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  had  studied 
theology  in  Scotland  under  the  noted  John  Brown,  of  Hadding- 
ton, and  had  been  ordained  a  Seceder  minister  in  Ireland.  He 
came  to  America  in  1792  when  he  was  about  thirty-two  years 
of  age,  and  joined  the  Associate-Reformed  church.  Under 
him  a  congregation  was  regularly  organized  in  the  Miami  coun- 
try, the  first  of  the  denomination  in  the  Northwest  territory. 
The  exact  date  of  its  organization  is  not  known,  but  it  was  in 
the  autumn  of  1798.  Mr.  Warwick  was  chosen  as  the  first 
pastor  and  Jeremiah  Morrow  and  James  Burns  were  elected 
the  first  ruling  elders.  Joseph  McKnight  and  John  Becket 
were  soon  added  to  the  session.  In  the  spring  of  1799  Mr. 
Warwick  removed  with  his  family  to  the  vicinity  of  Cincinnati 
and  entered  upon  his  labors  as  pastor  of  the  pioneer  church. 

The  first  meeting  house  of  the  new  congregation,  a  rude  and 
temporary  structure  of  unhewn  logs,  was  in  the  Mill  creek 
valley,  about  twelve  miles  north  of  Cincinnati  and  not  far  from 
the  site  of  Sharonville.  Mr.  Warwick  became  the  owner  of  a 
fine  farm,  upon  a  part  of  which  the  village  of  Glendale  was 
laid  out  long  after  his  death.  The  congregations  at  the  Mill 
Creek  church,  as  it  was  called,  were  probably  not  large  but 
were  collected  from  many  miles  around.  Mr.  Morrow's  home 
was  twelve  miles  from  the  meeting  house.  The  worshipers 
went  to  church  only  on  foot  or  on  horseback  ;  the  roads  being 
mere  trails,  wagons  were  not  employed  in  journeying  and  there 


16  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [Jan., 

were  no  carriages  in  the  territory.  The  exercises  of  worship 
were  protracted  by  long  prayers  and  long  sermons  to  a  length 
that  would  not  now  be  endured.  A  commentary  on  the  first 
psalm  was  longer  than  a  modern  sermon.  Tradition  says  of 
Mr.  Warwick  that  he  was  a  slow  and  tedious  speaker,  and  in  a 
day  of  long  sermons,  his  were  noted  for  their  length.  He 
would,  it  is  said,  preach  four  hours,  and  after  two  sermons  in 
the  warm  season,  his  congregation  would  disperse  for  distant 
homes  at  sundown. 

The  Associate-Reformed  denomination  was  a  branch  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  it  retained  many  characteristics  of  the 
primitive  kirk  of  Scotland.  The  denomination  was  formed  at 
the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war  by  a  union  of  the  Associate 
(Seceder)  and  the  Reformed  (Covenanter)  presbyteries  of 
America  and  named  by  the  union  of  their  names.  Their  wor- 
ship was  simple  ;  the}'  sang  only  the  psalms  of  the  Bible; 
rejecting  ail  hymns  of  human  composition  ;  they  also  objected 
to  the  use  of  musical  instruments  in  public  worship,  as  well  as 
to  choirs  and  all  tunes  in  which  the  parts  alternated  or  which 
required  a  repetition  of  lines  or  words.  In  the  administration 
of  the  Lord's  Supper,  the  communicants  arose  during  the  sing- 
ing of  a  psalm  and  took  their  places  at  a  table,  and  the  minis- 
ter dispensed  the  bread  and  wine,  standing  at  the  head  of  the 
table.  The  denomination  gave  a  liberal  support  to  its  minis- 
ters, and  even  at  this  time  insisted  on  classical  and  philosoph- 
ical learning  in  the  ministry. 

'.  The  Mill  Creek  church  stood  near  the  center  of  what  soon 
became  the  most  populous  and  valuable  region  of  Ohio.  It 
might  have  become  a  large  and  influential  congregation,  but 
discord  and  dissension  came.  The  question  of  religious  liberty 
caused  turmoil  and  finally  schism  in  this  pioneer  church  in  the 
forests  of  the  Nortnwest  territory.  In  May,  1799,  the  Asso- 
ciate-Reformed synod  adopted  certain  amendments  to  the 
Westminster  Confession  of  Faith,  which  rendered  it  more  con- 
formable to  the  American  notions  of  religious  toleration.  A 
single  word  was  changed  in  the  catechism.  The  Westminster 
Larger  Catechism  enumerated  "tolerating  a  false  religion" 
among  the  sins  forbidden  by  the  second  commandment.  The 
word  "authorizing"  was  substituted  for  "tolerating." 

Mr.  Warwick  had  been  in  the  country  only  seven  years  at 
this  time,  and  he  was  far  from  being  imbued  with  the  American 


\ 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  17 

ideas  of  the  inviolability  of  the  rights  of  conscience  and  the 
exemption  of  religion  from  civil  authority,  while  his  blind  con- 
servatism made  him  a  stubborn  opponent  of  any  alterations  in 
the  standards  of  the  church.  He  at  once  denounced  the  action 
of  the  synod  and  continued  to  inveigh  in  his  pulpit  against  the 
doctrine  of  unlimited  toleration  in  religion  and  the  amendments 
to  the  Confession  of  Faith,  and  finally  on  November  11,  1800, 
formally  withdrew  from  the  Associate-Reformed  church  and 
endeavored  to  take  his  congregation  with  him  into  a  new 
ecclesiastical  organization. 

Elder  Morrow  was  the  chief  opponent  of  this  schism.  He 
believed  in  the  separation  of  church  and  state  and  he  approved 
of  the  amendments  to  the  church  standards.  A  public  meeting 
was  held  at  the  church  for  the  purpose  of  preserving  its  unity, 
and  the  appeal  then  made  by  the  young  farmer  and  surveyor 
against  the  UioaifcctiOu  oi  the  pastor  called  tno  attention  o* 
many  pioneers  to  his  ability  and  intelligence,  and  induced 
them  to  support  him  for  a  civil  office  not  long  after.  In  this 
rude  church  were  debated  the  same  questions  of  the  relation 
of  church  and  state  that  caused  the  secession  of  the  Erskines 
from  the  church  of  Scotland  in  1733,  and  afterward  that  of 
Chalmers  in  1843. 

Mr.  Warwick  and  Rev.  Alexander  McCoy  held  a  conference 
at  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  and  on  January  27,  1801,  organ- 
ized a  new  sect  which  they  styled  "The  Reformed  Dissenting 
Presbyterian  Church  in  North  America."  Seven  years  later 
the  same  two  ministers,  being  still  the  only  ministers  of  their 
presbytery,  met  at  the  Three  Ridges  meeting  house  in  Wash- 
ington county,  Pennsylvania,  and  adopted  "An  Act,  Declaration 
and  Testimony"  which  with  a  history  of  the  church  was  pub- 
lished at  Wheeling,  Virginia,  in  1809,  in  an  octavo  volume  of 
116  pages.  This  volume  manifests  a  decided  opposition  on 
the  part  of  its  authors  to  the  American  idea  of  religious  tolera- 
tion. They  denied  that  every  man  has  a  right  to  worship  God 
according  to  the  dictates  of  his  own  conscience,  if  he  worships 
in  a  manner  contrary  to  the  word  of  God.  They  declared  also 
that  the  civil  magistrate  should  support  and  establish  the  true 
religion  of  Jesus  Christ  and  suppress  all  infidelity,  blasphemy 
and  heresy. 

The  new  sect  was  popularly  called  WTarwickites  in  Ohio.  It 
maintained  a  feeble  existence  for  fifty  years,  seldom  numbering 


18  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Dan., 

more  than  three  ministers  at  a  time  and  sometimes  only  two. 
Mr.  Warwick  continued  to  preach  with  faithfulness  to  his  small 
and  scattered  flocks  until  he  was  more  than  three  score,  and 
ten.     He  died  in  1832. 

At  the  time  of  Mr.  Warwick's  schism  there  were  twenty 
families  in  the  Mill  Creek  congregation  and  seven  of  them 
followed  him  out  of  the  church.  Chiefly  through  Mr.  Morrow's 
influence  the  majority  remained  in  the  Associate-Reformed 
faith,  forming  a  congregation  which  not  long  after  took  the 
name  of  Sycamore  and  removed  its  place  of  worship  to  a  point 
not  far  from  Sixteen  Mile  Stand  in  Hamilton  county.  For 
more  than  half  a  century  Jeremiah  Morrow  was  a  member  and 
ruling  elder  of  this  congregation,  and  upon  no  one  did  it  rely 
more  for  both  moral  and  material  support.  In  1858  the  con- 
gregation went  into  the  union  which  formed  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church.  On  September  6,  J  898,  the  Sycamore  united 
Presbyterian  church  celebrated  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  its  organization,  and  it  was  at  that  time  one  of  the  very  few 
churches  in  the  Miami  valley  of  any  denomination  one  hundred 
years  old. 


First  Public  Services. 

In  October,  1800,  Jeremiah  Morrow  was  first  called  into 
public  life,  being  elected  a  Representative  in  the  legislature  of 
the  Northwest  territory.  The  elections  for  Representatives  in 
the  territorial  legislature  were  held  at  the  seats  of  justice  in 
the  respective  counties,  and  voters  in  the  extensive  county  of 
Hamilton,  which  included  the  settlements  as  far  up  the  Miamis 
as  Dayton  and  Xenia,  were  compelled  to  go  to  Cincinnati  to 
exercise  the  elective  franchise.  There  was  little  of  democracy 
in  the  government  established  by  the  celebrated  ordinance  of 
1787.  The  people  were  seldom  called  on  to  exercise  the  right 
of  suffrage.  No  one  could  vote  unless  he  owned  fifty  acres  of 
land,  and  all  the  officers  were  required  to  be  land  owners — the 
Governor,  of  one  thousand  acres  ;  the  Secretary  and  Judges,  of 
five  hundred  acres  each  ;  members  of  the  Legislative  Council, 
five  hundred  acres  each ;  and  members  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, two  hundred  acres  each.  Representatives  in  the 
legislature  only  were  elected  by  the  people. 

The  election  of  1800  was  held  under  a  territorial  law  which 
required  the  polls  to  be  opened  in  each  county  at  the  court 


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1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  19 

house  or  place  of  holding  courts  on  the  second  Tuesday  of 
October,  between  the  hours  of  ten  and  eleven  in  the  forenoon 
and  kept  open  until  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  then 
opened  the  next  day  from  ten  to  five  o'clock,  and  then  finally 
closed,  unless  some  candidate  or  the  judges  desired  the  election 
to  be  continued,  in  which  case  the  polls  were  to  be  opened  a 
third  and  last  day  from  ten  until  three  o'clock.  The  election 
at  Cincinnati  continued  three  days  and  the  poll  was  taken  viva 
voce.  Seven  Representatives  were  chosen  from  Hamilton 
county.  Thirty-five  persons  had  been  announced  as  candidates 
in  the  Western  Spy,  twenty-four  of  whom  received  votes.  The 
whole  number  of  votes  cast,  it  is  believed,  did  not  exceed 
three  hundred.* 

The  Second  Territorial  Legislature,  to  which  Jeremiah  Mor- 
row was  elected,  convened  at  Chillicothe  November  23,  1801, 
and  remained  in  session  sixty  days.  Tnis  was  the  first  legisla- 
tive body  which  met  in  the  old  state  house  at  Chillicothe. 
This  structure,  believed  to  have  been  the  first  public  edifice 
built  of  stone  in  the  territory,  was  commenced  in  1800  and 
completed  the  next  year.  The  convention  which  framed  the 
first  constitution  of  Ohio,  and  the  first  legislature  of  the  state 
also  met  in  it,  and  it  continued  to  be  the  state  house  of  Ohio 
until  1810.  The  building  is  said  .to  have  been  ill  adapted  to 
the  purpose  for  which  it  was  built.  "The  house,"  says  Samuel 
Williams,  "occupied  the  room  on  the  ground  floor,  a  very 
uncomfortable,  badly  lighted  and  roughly  finished  room,  with 
a  fireplace  at  each  end  and  a  wide,  open  stairway  out  of  one 
corner  leading  up  to  the  second  floor.  All  the  wood  which 
could  be  piled  on  the  fires  failed  to  heat  the  large  room  in 
winter.  The  senate  occupied  a  room  on  the  second  floor.  This 
was  a  low  room  with  a  platform  for  the  Speaker's  seat  at  one 
side,  and  long,  roughly  made  tables  on  the  floor  with  plain 
Windsor  chairs  ranged  behind  for  the  reverend  Senators." 
Governor  Arthur  St.  Clair,  as  he  was  wont  to  do,  met  the  two 
branches  of  the  legislature  in  the  hall  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, and  standing  before  them  in  a  dress  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary period,  his  hair  clubbed  and  powdered,  delivered  in 
person  his  annual  message,  after  the  manner  of  Washington 
and  Adams. 

...  *Only  the  vote^vf  the  successful  candidates  has  been  preserved  by  publication  in  the 
Rt&i*nSpn):  Moses  "Miller,  284:  Jolin  Smith,  273;  Francis  I)uulav\v22'J;  Jeremiah  Mor- 
*«*v,  212 ;  Daniel  Keeder,  204  ;  John  Ludlow,  187 ;  Jacob  White,  162. 


20  Jeremiah  Morrozv.  [Jan., 

The  unpopularity  of  St.  Clair  with  the  masses  was  great  and 
increasing.  This  was  due  in  part  to  his  unfortunate  defeat  by 
the  Indians  and  his  identification  with  the  Federal  party,  then 
fast  falling  into  disrepute,  but  chiefly  to  the  disposition  he 
manifested  to  enlarge  his  own  powers  and  restrict  those  of  the 
Assembly.  He  strenuously  insisted  on  his  right  to  establish 
new  counties  and  fix  county  seats  by  his  own  proclamation. 
Having  an  absolute  negative  on  the  acts  of  the  two  houses  he 
freely  exercised  it.  Of  thirty  acts  passed  at  their  first  session, 
he  vetoed  eleven.  He  was  accused  of  usurpation  and  tyranny. 
Many  began  to  look  to  the  admission  of  the  territory  into- the 
Union  as  a  state  as  the  only  escape  from  a  government  they 
deemed  harsh  and  oppressive. 

The  friends  of  the  Governor  were  the  opponents  of  a  state 
government  and  had  a  large  majority  in  the  legislature.  The. 
eastern  division  of  the  territory  was  rapidly  increasing  in  pop- 
ulation. The  time  was  fast  approaching  when  its  numbers 
would  entitle  it  to  become  one  of  the  states.  To  retard  its 
admission  into  the  Union  and  to  prolong  the  territorial  govern- 
ment, an  alteration  of  the  boundaries  was  proposed,  so  as  to 
form  two  states  of  what  is  now  Ohio.  As  Congress  only  could 
change  the  boundaries  of  the  proposed  states  as"  established  by 
the  ordinance  of  1787,  an  act  was  introduced  into  the  legisla- 
ture declaring  the  assent  of  the  territory  to  an  alteration  of  the 
boundaries,  and  was  in  the  nature  of  a  petition  to  Congress. 
It  was  proposed  that  the  eastern  state  to  be  formed  northwest 
of  the  Ohio  should  be  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Scioto,  the 
old  Indian  boundary,  and  the  western  extremity  of  the  Con- 
necticut Reserve.. 

This  was  one  of  the  first  bills  introduced  at  the  session  and 
was  the  first  to  become  a  law.  Strong  influences  were  brought 
to  bear  upon  the  members  to  secure  its  passage.  The  Governor 
did  not  hesitate  to  labor  for  its  success.  Jacob  Burnet,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, a  member  of  the  council  and  one  of  the  ablest  members 
of  the  legislature,  was  its  friend.  It  was  suggested  that,  with 
Chillicothe  left  on  the  boundary  between  the  two  states,  the 
other  two  important  towns  of  the  territory,  Marietta  and  Cin- 
cinnati, would  become  capitals.  It  was  urged  that  although 
the  people  did  not  select  the  Governor,  Judges  and  Legislative 
Council,  the  general  government  paid  the  salaries  of  these 
officers  and  that  the  inhabitants  were  as  yet  too  few  and  poor 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow,  21 

to  bear  the  expense  of  a  state  government.  And,  privately,  if 
not  publicly,  it  was  argued  that  the  people  of  the  territory  did 
not  possess  the  requisite  intelligence  for  the  formation  of  a 
constitution.  "A  multitude  of^indigent  and  ignorant  people," 
wrote  Governor  St.  Clair,  "are  but  ill  qualified  to  form  a  con- 
stitution and  government  for  themselves."  The  people,  he 
said,  were  all  so  poor  that,  except  in  the  few  towns,  there  is 
scarcely  a  habitation  to  be  seen  better  than  an  Indian  wigwam. 

The  bill  passed  the  council  unanimously  and  the  house  with 
two-thirds  in  the  affirmative.  Believing  that  any  alteration  of 
the  boundaries  for  the  new  states  established  by  the  ordinance 
of  1787  was  unnecessary  and  that  a  delay  in  the  formation  of  a 
state  government  was  unwise,  Mr.  Morrow  voted  against  the 
measure.  After  its  passage,  seven  members  of  the  house, 
Tiffin,  Worthington,  Langham,  Massie,  Darlington,  Dunlavy 
s&ti  Morrow,  recorded  their  solemn  pretest  against  it  and 
began  an  appeal  to  the  people  and  to  Congress  with  a  deter- 
mination to  defeat  the  object  of  the  bill  and  to  secure  an  early 
admission  of  the  eastern  division  of  the  territory  into  the 
Union  as  a  state.  Their  triumph  was  speedy  and  complete. 
Congress  not  only  refused  to  sanction  the  alteration  of  the 
boundaries,  but  passed  an  act  enabling  the  inhabitants,  to  form 
a  constitution. 

The  contest  in  the  territory  over  the  question  of  forming  a 
state  government  was  one  of  great  bitterness.  Fast  friends 
became  enemies  for  life.  The  passage  of  the  act  for  dividing 
the  territory  produced  a  high  degree-  of  excitement  in  the 
public. mind.  The  supporters  of  the  measure  were  denounced 
as  aristocrats  and  enemies  of  the  people,  whose  object  was  the 
perpetuation  of  colonial  bondage.  In  -the  same  number  of  the 
Western  Spy  which  announced  the  passage  of  the  act,  was  a 
communication  beginning,  "Rouse  from  your  stupor  and  leth- 
argy." In  Chillicothe  political  excitement  was  at  fever  heat, 
and  a  mob  led  by  Michael  Baldwin,  a  dissolute  but  talented 
lawyer,  held  possesson  of  the  town  for  two  nights  threatening 
to  do  personal  violence  to  some  members  of  the  legislature  on 
the  side  of  the  majority  and  to  burn  the  Governor  in  effigy. 
On  the  announcement  of  the  rejection  by  Congress  of  the 
proposition  to  divide  the  territory  the  people  of  Chillicothe 
illuminated  their  houses. 


22  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [Jan., 

The  election  of  the  members  of  the  convention  which  formed 
the  first  constitution  of  Ohio  was  held  on  the  second  Tuesday 
of  October,  1802,  and  awakened  very  general  interest  through- 
out the  territory.  Numerous  candidates  were  announced.  The 
Federalists  generally  opposed  the  formation  of  a  state  consti- 
tution at  that  time  and  had  hopes  of  defeating  the  object  of 
the  convention,  as  the  enabling  act  of  Congress  provided  that 
the  convention  when  first  assembled  should  determine  by  a 
vote  of  the  majority  of  the  delegates  elected  whether  or  not  it 
was  expedient  at  that  time  to  form  a  constitution  and  state 
government.  The  election  of  Representatives  in  the  Territo- 
rial Legislature  and  of  members  of  the  convention  took  place 
on  the  same  day,  but  at  different  places,  members  of  the  con- 
vention being  chosen  under  the  act  of  Congress  at  the  court 
house  in  each  county,  Representatives  in  election  districts  into 
which  the  counties  were  divided  under  a  recent  act  of  the  leg- 
islature. For  some  of  the  inhabitants,  as  at  Dayton,  the  two 
places  of  voting  were  fifty  miles  apart.  The  chief  interest  was 
in  the  election  of  members  of  the  convention.  Congress  had 
dispensed  with  the  freehold  qualification  of  voters  at  the  elec- 
tion and  a  large  vote  was  cast. 

In  Hamilton  county,  which  was  entitled  to  twice  as  many 
delegates  as  any  other,  the  contest  was  an  animated  one. 
Some  weeks  before  the  election  representatives  from  seventeen 
Republican  Corresponding  Societies  met  at  the  Big  Hill,  near 
Springdale,  and  nominated  a  ticket  with  the  following  names  : 
Francis  Dunlavy,  William  Goforth,  C.  W.  Byrd,  Jeremiah  Mor- 
row, J.  W.  Browne,  J.  Kitchell,  Stephen  Wood,  John  Paul, 
Thomas  Smith,  and  John  Wilson.  This  was  probably  the  first 
nominating  convention  held  in  southwestern  Ohio.  These 
Republican  societies  probably  originated  during  the  preva- 
lence of  the  excitement  aroused  by  the  proposition  to  divide 
the  territory.  One  year  later,  Francis  Dunlavy,  then  President 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  was  chairman  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Republican  Corresponding  Societies  of  the  counties 
of  Hamilton,  Butler,  Warren,  Montgomery  and  Greene,  held 
at  the  house  of  John  Beatty  in  Butler  county,  for  the  nomina- 
tion of  candidates  for  the  various  offices.  All  the  candidates 
nominated  at  the  Big  Hill  convention  were  elected  except  two. 
Messrs.  Wood  and  Thomas  Smith  were  defeated  and  in  their 
places  John  Smith,  a  talented  and  popular  Republican  member 


1006.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  23 

of  the  Territorial  Legislature,  who  had  voted  for  the  alteration 
of  boundaries  and  had  failed  of  an  indorsement  by  the  Repub- 
lican societies,  and  John  Reily,  a  highly  esteemed  Federalist 
who  had  served  as  clerk  of  the  Territorial  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, were  elected.  After  the  result  of  the  election  was 
known  the  Republicans  celebrated  their  victory  at  Cincinnati.* 

The  convention  assembled  at  Chillicothe  November  1,  1802, 
and  remained  in  session  four  weeks,  the  constitution  being 
signed  and  the  convention  adjourning  November  29.  Perhaps 
no  state  constitution  was  ever  framed  in  a  shorter  time.  The 
members  received  from  an  appropriation  by  the  first  state 
legislature  for  their  services,  two  dollars  per  day  during  their 
attendance,  and  two  dollars  for  every  twenty-five  miles  traveled 
in  going  to  and  from  the  convention.  A  large  majority  of  the 
delegates  were  politically  supporters  of  the  administration  of 
President  Jefferson.  Six  put  of  the  seven  protectants  against 
the  division  of  the  territory  were  present,  while  of  the  twenty- 
five  who  had  supported  that  measure,  only  two,  John  Smith  of 
Hamilton  county  and  Ephraim  Cutler  of  Washington  county, 
had  been  successful  at  the  polls. 

The  delegates  were  urged,  even  after  their  arrival  at  Chilli- 
cothe, to  postpone  the  formation  of  a  constitution,  and  after 
the  organization  of  the  convention  and  before  it  had  proceeded 
to  business  a  proposal  from  Governor  St.  Clair  to  address  the 
convention  was  received.  As  it  was  known  that  the  Governor 
favored  delay,  the  proposition  was  resisted  by  several  mem- 
bers. After  it  had  been  discussed  for  some  time,  a  motion  was 
adopted  by  a  majority  of  five,  couched  in  the  following  words : 
"That  Arthur  St.  Clair,  Sen.,  Esq.,  be  permitted  to  address  the 
convention  on  those  points  he  deems  of  importance."  The 
phraseology  of  the  resolution  compared  with  the  proposal  of 
Governor  St.  Clair  to  address  the  convention  as  chief  magis- 
trate of  the  territory,  is  indicative  of  the  feeling  against  him. 
The  Governor,  in  his  address,  animadverted  with  severity  on 
some  of  the  provisions  of  the  enabling  act  of  Congress  and 
advised  the  postponement  of  the  organization  of  a  state  gov- 

*  The  Western  Spy  reported  that  in  Hamilton  county  99  candidates  were  voted  for,  and 
Rave  the  names  and'the  vote  of  those  who  received  over  fifty  votes  as  follows:  Francis 
l'uuhivy.  i.6.to;  John  Paul.  1,630:  .Jeremiah  Morrow,  1,536;  C.  VT. Byrd,  1,338 ;  John  Wilson, 
J  :>1  ;,J.  Kitehell.  1,172;  Wm.  Goforth.  1  128:  J.  W.  Browne.  1,066:  John  Smith,  H64;  John 
.J'Uj!y^J4;  w.  James,  910 ;  Thomas  Smith,  887;  S.Wood,  791;  W.  C.  Scnenck.  638 ;  Win. 
MvMiUan.  621;  Jacob  Burnet,  511;  John  Bigger,  500;  .Tohn  Ludlow,  571:  James  McClure, 
*S8;  W.  Ward,  31a  ;  Jacob  White,  251;  B.  Van  Cieve,  218:  David  E.  Wude,  183;  Abner  Ger- 
ard, Wj  ;  j,  Corblv,  I2i.    The  first-named  ten  were  elected. 


24  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [Jan., 

eminent  until  it  could  be  done  without  conditions.  The  char- 
acter of  the  address  was  such  that  President  Jefferson  felt 
justified  in  removing  St.  Clair  from  his  office.  "  After  the 
address  a  resolution  "that  it  is  expedient  at  this  time  to  form 
a  constitution  and  state  government,"  was  adopted,  Judge 
Cutler,  alone,  voting  in  the  negative. 

The  different  articles  and  subjects  of  the  constitution  were 
referred  to  separate  committees.  Morrow  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  appointed  to  prepare  the  fourth  article  on  elections 
and  qualifications  of  electors.  In  some  of  the  debates  on  this 
article,  great  diversity  of  opinion  and  much  warmth  of  feeling 
was  manifested.  The  motion  to  strike  out  the  word  white,  so 
as  to  give  persons  of  color  the  right  to  vote,  was  defeated  by 
a  vote  of  14  yeas  to  19  nays.  A  large  minority  of  the  conven- 
tion were  disposed  to  declare  colored  inhabitants  citizens  in 
the  full  sense  of  the  term  with  equal  privileges  and  rights. 
Others  contended  against  allowing  them  any  other  privileges 
than  the  protection  of  the  laws.  Such  was  the  warmth  of 
feeling  on  this  subject  that  fears  were  entertained  that  it  might 
embarrass,  if  not  defeat,  the  object  of  the  convention.  The 
phraseology  of  the  constitution  as  finally  adopted  was  such  as 
to  show  that,  as  people  of  color  had  no  agency  in  its  forma- 
tion, they  should  have  none  in  its  administration.  There  was, 
however,  a  much  stronger  feeling  in  favor  of  equal  rights  with- 
out regard  to  color  than  was  manifested  in  the  convention 
which  fifty  years  later  formed  the  second  constitution  of  Ohio. 

The  striking  characteristic  of  the  government  of  the  state  of 
Ohio  is  the  extremely  limited  powers  of  the  Governor.  This 
is  to  be  explained  in  the  jealousy  of  executive  power  and  the 
conviction  of  the  pernicious  influence  of  executive  patronage, 
which  dominated  the  Republicans  who  had  elevated  Mr.  Jef- 
ferson to  the  Presidency,  of  which  school  were  most  of  the 
members  of  the  convention,  and  their  own  recollection  of  the 
manner  in  which  the  Governor  of  the  territory  had  exercised 
his  veto  and  other  powers  of  a  strong  executive  confided  to 
him  by  the  ordinance. 

Before  the  convention  adjourned  an  address  to  the  President 
and  Congress  was  adopted  expressive  of  their  gratitude  for  the 
prompt  measures  adopted  to  enable  the  people  of  the  North- 
west territory  to  emerge  from  their  colonial  government  and 
their  unequivocal  approbation  of  the  measures  of  the  adminis- 


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tration.  The  constitution  was  signed  by  all  the  delegates.  It 
was  never  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  people,  and  no  formal  act 
admitting  fhe  new  state  was  passed,  but  February  19,  1803* 
when  Congress  first  recognized  it  as  a  state,  is  taken  as  the 
date  of  admission  of  Ohio  into  the  Union. 

On  the  second  Tuesday  of  January,  1803,  the  first  election 
under  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Ohio  was  held.  The  only 
officers  elected  were  a  Governor,  members  of  the  legislature, 
Sheriffs  and  Coroners.  Hamilton  county  was  entitled  to  four 
Senators  and  eight  Representatives  in  the  General  Assembly. 
In  that  county,  twenty-two  persons  received  votes  for  Gov- 
ernor, thirty-six  for  Senator,  ninety-seven  for  Representative, 
and  sixteen  for  Coroner.  Morrow  was  elected  one  of  the  four 
Senators.*  The  Republicans  were  overwhelmingly  successful 
throughout  the  state,  Edward  Tiffin -receiving  nearly  all  the 
votes  cast  for  Governor.  Even  the  Federal  stronghold  or 
Marietta  was  carried  by  the  Republicans.  In  many  parts  of 
the  state,  the  Federalists,  knowing  they  could  not  elect  a 
Governor,  refused  to  vote  at  all,  or  cast  their  ballots  blank  for 
that  office. 

The  first  General  Assembly  of  the  state  of  Ohio  convened  at 
Chillicothe  March  1,  1803,  and  set  in  operation  the  machinery 
of  the  government  of  the  new  state.  Judicial  and  executive 
officers  were  elected,  their  duties  defined  and  salaries  fixed. 
The  Governor  was  allowed  a  salary  of  8900  ;  the  three  Judges 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  8900  each  ;  the  three  President  Judges 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  each  8750  ;  the  State  Auditor, 
8700  ;  the  State  Treasurer,  8-100  ;  the  Secretary  of  State,  8400, 
and  members  of  the  General  Assembly,  82.00  per  day.  Eight 
new  counties  were  organized,  four  of  which  were  formed  in 
whole  or  in  part  from  the  large  county  of  Hamilton.  The 
northern  boundary  of  that  county,  after  the  new  counties  were 
struck  off,  ran  one  mile  south  of  Mr.  Morrow's  farm,  placing 
his  residence  in  Warren  county. 

On  April  15  the  legislature  passed  an  act  appointing  Jeremiah 
Morrow,  Jacob  White  and  William  Ludlow  commissioners  to 
locate  the  college  township  granted  by  Congress  for  the  benefit 
Or  the  people  of  Symmes's  purchase.     These  commissioners  in 

•The  vote  for  four  Senators  in  Hamilton  countv  stood:  John  Paul,  1.400;  Jeremiah 
Morrow.  1,374:  Francis  Dunlavy.  1,362;  Daniel  Symmes,  754;  John  Reily,  749:  William 
ward,  '2HH  The  vote  of  the  Deerfield  election  district  was  thrown  out  on  account  of  some 
iTi-puhiritv;  otherwise  Morrow  and  Dunlavy.  who  resided  in  that  district,  and  had  been 
iv-olute  friends  of  a  state  government,  would  probably  have  stood  tirst  in  the  list. 


26  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [Jan., 

the  following  summer  proceeded  to  explore  the  vacant  and 
unsold  lands  of  the  United  States  in  the  Cincinnati  land  dis- 
trict in  order  to  make  choice  of  the  tract  in  all  respects  best 
suited  for  the  purpose,  "having  due  regard  to  the  quality  of 
the  land,  the  situation  for  health,  the  goodness  of  the  water 
and  the  advantage  of  inland  navigation."  They  selected,  and 
on  September  1  registered  in  the  land  office  at  Cincinnati  the 
township  of  Oxford  in  Butler  county,  on  which  was  afterward 
established  Miami  University,  which  long  maintained  a  position 
as  the  leading  educational  institution  west  of  the  Allegheny 
mountains.  On  account  of  numerous  sales  of  land  in  every 
township  of  the  Miami  purchase,  the  college  lands  were  of 
necessity  located  west  of  the  Great  Miami  and  outside  the 
bounds  of  the' purchase,  and  even  in  the  township  selected 
which  bordered  on  the  state  line,  some  sections  had  already 
been  sold  and  the  deficiency  was  ro?de  up  from  an  adjoining 
township. 

The.  legislature  elected  Thomas  Worthington,  of  Ross,  and 
John  Smith,  of  Hamilton  county,  the  first  United  States  Sena- 
tors from  Ohio,  and  passed  an  act  providing  for  a  special  elec- 
tion for  the  election  of  one  Representative  in  Congress  to 
which  the  new  state  was  entitled.  At  the  close  of  the  session, 
at  the  solicitation  of  a  large  majority  of  the  Republican  mem- 
bers, Jeremiah  Morrow  was  brought  forward  as  a  candidate  for 
Congress. 

We  may  close  this  history  of  the  transition  of  Ohio  from  a 
territorial  to  a  state  government  with  a  reference  to  the  fortunes 
in  the  distribution  of  the  offices  of  the  new  state,  of  the  seven 
members  of  the  Territorial  Legislature  of  1801  who  formally 
protested  against  the  division  of  the  territory  and  the  delay  of 
its  admission  into  the  Union.  Dr.  Edward  Tiffin  became  the 
first  Governor  ;  Thomas  Worthington,  one  of  the  first  United 
States  Senators  ;  Nathaniel  Massie,  first  Speaker  of  the  State 
Senate  ;  Elias  Langham,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  the  General  Assembly  which  met  in  December,  1804  ; 
Joseph  Darlington,  Senator  from  Adams  county  in  the  first 
General  Assembly  and  first  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  and  Common 
Pleas  Courts  of  his  county  ;  Francis  Dunlavy,  first  President 
Judge  of  the  first  Judicial  Circuit  of  Ohio,  embracing  one-third 
of  the  state,  and  Jeremiah  Morrow,  first  Representative  in 
Congress.     On  the  other  hand,  of  the  majority  of  the  legisla- 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow,  27 

ture  who  had  opposed  the  formation  of  a  state  government, 
Jacob  Burnet,  their  leader,  wrote  thirty-five  years  later,  that 
popular  feeling  "bore  down  every  man  who  opposed  the 
scheme  of  a  state  government.  My  political  influence  and 
that  of  my  associates  sank  into  one  common  grave.  We  were 
proscribed,  and  as  soon  as  the  plan  of  our  competitors  was 
consummated,  we  submitted  to  our  destiny  with  a  good  grace 
and  withdrew  from  all  participation  in  the  politics  of  the  day. 
I  devoted  myself  exclusively  to  the  duties  and  labors  of  my 
profession." 

(To  be  continued.) 


CAPTAIN  BENJAMIN  BROWN. 


Brief  Record  of  His  Military^  Service  -in  the  War  for    • 
American  Independence. 

By  William  E.  Gilmore,  Chillicothe,  Ohio. 

CAPTAIN  BENJAMIN  BROWN,  progenitor  of  the 
somewhat  numerous  families  of  that,  and  other  names 
resultant  from  marriage,  and  yet  resident  in  Athens 
county  and  other  parts  of  southern  Ohio,  was  born  in  Leicester 
(which  name  was  afterward  changed  to  Spencer),  Massachu- 
setts, October  6th,  1745. 

In  the  history  of  Leicester,  written  by  Governor  Emory 
Washburn  of  Massachusetts,  it  is  recorded  that  William  Brown, 
grandfather  of  Benjamin,  came  from  England  to  that  colony 
in  1686..  and  to  Leicester  in  1721,  where  he  continued  to  live 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1750.  He  is  mentioned  as  a 
gallant  soldier  in  the  Indian  wars,  and  as  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Leicester. 

John  Brown,  son  of  William  and  father  of  Benjamin,  is  also 
recorded  by  Governor  Washburn  as  having  served  conspicu- 
ously in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  as  having  commanded 
a  company  during  the  siege  and  capture  of  Louisburg,  in  1745. 
He  served  as  a  member  of  the  General  Court  of  the  Colony 
for  twenty  years,  and  died  in  1791,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight. 

Of  his  nineteen  children,  born  to  him  of  his  two  wives,  four 
served  gallantly  in  the  Revolutionary  armies,  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  struggle.  These  were  John,  born  in  1733  ;  Perley, 
born  in  1737  ;  Benjamin,  born  in  1745  ;  and  William,  born  in 
1758.  The  other  two  sons,  Caleb,  born  in  1760,  and  Daniel, 
born  in  1761,  were  too  young  for  military  service. 

In  November,  1774,  Benjamin  Brown  took  an  active  part  in 
forming  a  regiment  of  "Minute  Men,"  the  first  organization  of 
its  kind,  in  Hampshire  county,  Massachusetts.  This  he  and 
two  of  his  brothers  joined.         

This  regiment  was  at  first  commanded  by  Colonel  Barnard, 
but  marched  to  Concord  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Williams,  of  Northneld,  and  took  part  in  the  fighting 
at  Lexington,  April  19th,  1775 — Benjamin  Brown  then  acting 
as  quartermaster. 

28 


1900.]  Captain  Benjamin  Brown.  29 

On  June  17th,  1775,  he  and  his  brothers  John  and  Perley 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  John  was  severely 
wounded  twice,  and  was  carried  off  the  field  by  Perley. 

Just  prior  to  this  battle — about  June  5th — Benjamin  Brown 
commanded  a  party  of  men  who  drove  off  a  considerable  herd 
of  cattle,  intended  as  the  food  of  the  British  troops  in  Boston, 
and  which  were  being  fed  on  Noddle's  Island,  so  close  to  Bos- 
ton that  it  is  now  included  in  the  city  limits.  While  upon  this 
service  he  discovered  that  the  British  sloop  "Diana"  was  hard 
aground  in  the  shallow  water  of  Maiden  Ways,  and  that  the 
officers  of  the  vessel  and  a  part  of  its  crew  were  junketing  in 
Boston,  awaiting  high  tide  to  get  her  off.  Brown,  being  familiar 
with  the  water  there,  immediately  returned  with  his  detach- 
ment, and  at  night  waded  out  to  the  sloop,  captured  and 
burned  her. 

While  at  Cambridge  (and  on  the  same  day  that  Washington 
there  took  command  of  the  Colonial  army),  Benjamin  received 
a  commission  as  lieutenant  in  Captain  Hugh  Maxwell's  com- 
pany of  Colonel  William  Prescott's  regiment  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Line. 

After  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British  in  March, 
1776,  he  and  his  brothers  accompanied  the  regiment  to  New 
York,  and  participated  in  all  the  fighting  of  that  campaign  and 
the  retreat  of  the  Americans  from  Long  Island.  At  the  battle 
of  White  Plains  his  brother  Perley  was  killed,  and  his  younger 
brother,  William,  was  wounded  and  taken  prisoner.  The  latter 
was  sent  by  his  captors  to  the  prison-ships  in  Wallabout  Bay 
and  died  there  a  few  days  later. 

In  December,  1776,  Benjamin  Brown  was  in  the  command  of 
General  Parsons,  which  captured  Hackensack. 

On  the  first  of  January,  1777,  he  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy 
and  assigned  to  the  Eighth  regiment  of  the  Massachusetts 
Line,  of  which  Michael  Jackson  was  colonel,  John  Brooks 
(afterward^Governor  of  Massachusetts)  was  lieutenant  colonel, 
and  William  Hull  (subsequently  Governor  of  Michigan)  was 
was  major.     He  served  in  this  regiment  until  the  fall  of  1779. 

In  June,U777,  Jackson's  regiment  was  with  the  forces  hastily 
sent  to  Albany  to  meet  the  British  army  under  General  Bur- 
goyne,  and  about  the  middle  of  the  month  it  was  sent  with  a 
detachment  commanded  by  Benedict  Arnold  to  the  relief  of 
Fort  Stanwix,  then  seriously  threatened  by  the  British  force 


30  Captain  Be?ijamin  Brown.  [Jan., 

in  command  of  Colonel  St.  Leger,  which  was  pressing  down 
the  valley  of  the  Mohawk  toward  Albany,  where  it  was  intended 
St.  Leger  should  join  Burgoyne. 

This  expedition  was  eminently  successful.  Fort  Stanwix  was 
relieved,  and  the  British  retreated  before  Arnold  so  hastily  that 
their  camp  and  artillery  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Americans. 

While  upon  this  expedition,  and  encamped  at  German  Flats, 
Colonel  Jackson  learned  that  the  British  flag  had  been  hoisted 
over  the  strong  stone  house  of  Major  Tenbreck,  not  far  away, 
and  that  a  body  of  Tories  commanded  by  the  infamous  and 
cruel  Indian  leader,  Major  Butler,  garisoned  the  place,  in  which, 
also,  was  a  large  amount  of  provisions  and  military  stores. 

Jackson  immediately  sent  Captain  Brown  and  his  company 
to  capture  the  garrison.  Before  daybreak  Brown  and  his  men 
reached  the  vicinity  undiscovered,  the  men  being  concealed 
among  the  trees. 

Captain  Brown,  who  was  possessed  of  great  strength  and 
activity,  crawled,  under  cover  of  bushes  and  trees,  to  a  point 
which  he  had  noticed  was  the  nearest  terminus  of  the  beat  of 
a  sentinel  on  guard  at  the  principal  door  of  the  building.  Just 
as  the  sentinel  reached  this  point  and  was  in  the  act  of  turning, 
Brown  sprang  upon  him,  bore  him  to  the  ground,  secured  his 
musket  and  awed  him  into  silence. 

His  men  then  came  up,  and  with  heavy  rails  taken  from  a 
nearby  fence,  they  suddenly  attacked  and  beat  in  the  strong 
door  and  rushed  into  the  hall.  Here  Brown  was  met  by  the 
two  surprised  and  frightened  Tory  officers,  who  at  once  sur- 
rendered themselves,  the  garrison,  arms  and  stores,  uncondi- 
tionally ;  all  of  which  was  turned  over  to  Colonel  Jackson 
when  the  regiment  came  up  a  few  hours  later. 

General  Burgoyne,  with  his  army  of  eight  thousand  British 
and  Hessian  regulars  and  contingent  of  Indian  allies,  had  met, 
at  first,  witn  nothing  but  success  ;  and  had  caused  almost  a 
panic  of  despair  among  the  Americans  in  the  northern  portion 
of  the  colonies.  But  this  very  desperation  had  brought  about 
the  salvation  of  the  patriot  cause,  by  sending  volunteers  to  the 
little  army  of  General  Schuyler ;  and  when  General  Gates 
assumed  command,  the  tide  had  already  begun  to  turn.  Beside 
the  relief  of  Fort  Stanwix  and  the  retreat  of  St.  Leger,  a  body 
of  raw  Vermont  militia  commanded  by  General  Stark  had  met 
and  signally  defeated,  with  a  loss  of  six  hundred  prisoners,  a 


1906.]  Captain  Benjamin  Brown.  31 

large  detachment  which  was  sent  by  General  Burgoyne,  under 
the  command  of  General  Baum,  to  seize  the  American  stores 
collected  at  Bennington. 

These  and  other  difficulties,  which  gathered  around  Bur- 
goyne, compelled  him  to  attack  Gates  at  Bemis  Heights,  where 
his  army  was  handled  so  roughly  by  the  Americans  that  it  fell 
back  to  Saratoga.  Here,  by  the  battles  of  September  1.9th  aad 
October  7th,  the  drama  of  that  campaign  was  brought  to  a  close 
by  the  surrender  of  the  enemy's  entire  army  to  General  Gates. 

What  part  Captain  Benjamin  Brown  individually  bore  in  the 
fight  at  Bemis  Heights  I  do  not  know ;  but  have  record  evi- 
dence of  his  gallantry  on  the  19th  of  September  and  the  7th 
of  October;,  1777— the  battles  which  decided  the  fate  of  that 
British  army. 

On  October  7th,  when  the  principal  redoubt  of  the  enemy 
was  stormed,  Jackson's  regiment  led  the  assault ;  and  Brown, 
being  senior  captain,  commanded  and  led  the  two  advance 
companies. .  The  work  was  strongly  garrisoned  with  Hessian 
troops,  commanded  by  Colonel  Breymann,  and  was  protected 
in  front  by  a  thick  abatis.  Brown  and  his  "covering  sergeant" 
advanced  with  axes,  and  cleft  a  way  through  the  abatis  for  his 
men.  In  the  process  of  this  act  a  volley  from  the  garrison 
killed  his  sergeant  and  a  lieutenant,  also  killing  and  wounding 
a  number  of  his  men  in  their  rear.  Brown  was  the  first  man  to. 
spring  into  the  redoubt,  quickly  followed  by  the  regiment.  In 
this  moment  he  was  met  face  to  face  by  Colonel  Breymann  ;- 
and  in  the  sword  duel  which  ensued,  Breymann  fell,  mortally 
wounded,  and  very  soon  the  garrison  surrendered,  and  the 
American  flag  displaced  that  of  the  British  on  the  bastion  of 
the  redoubt.* 

Captain  Brown  continued  in  the  Eighth  regiment  of  the 
Massachusetts  Line  until  the  fall  of  1779  ;  but  it  happened 
that,  although  he  "was  never  off  duty  for  a  single  day  while  in 
the  service"  (as  he  stated  under  oath  subsequently,  in  applica- 
tion for  pension),  he  was  not  engaged  in  any  important  general 
battles  after  those  of  Saratoga. 

He  was  offered  an  appointment  as  aide-de-camp,  upon  the 
staff  of  General  Baron  DeKalb,  when  that  officer  was  about  to 

*  My  authority  for  the  facts  stated  in  regard  to  the  assault  on  the  enemy's  works,  Octo- 
ber 7th.  is  v  letter  dated  August  24tfc,1818,  and  written  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Brooks,  who 
Has  afterwards  Governor  of  Massachusetts-,  and  who  was  immediately  in  command  of  the 
rtgiment  upon  that  occasion. 


32  Captain  Benjamin  Brown.  [Jan., 

start  upon  his  campaign  in  South  Carolina  ;  but  declined  the 
position.  The  Continental  currency  with  which  the  army  was 
paid  had  been  constantly  depreciating  for  a  long  while,  and  by 
the  summer  and  fall  of  1779  it  had  reached  a  point  where  the 
pay  of  a  soldier  for  a  month  would  not  buy  a  bushel  of  wheat. 
Benjamin  Brown's  family  by  this  time  was  in  dire  straits,  and 
he  felt  it  his  duty  to  go  to  their  aid,  resigning  his  commission 
to  do  so. 


In  the  late  fall  of  1796,  Captain  Benjamin  Brown  and  his 
family  left  their  Eastern  home,  and  came  to  the  then  Territory 
of  the  United  States  Northwest  of  the  Ohio  River.  They  set- 
tled first  in  the  vicinity  of  Marietta,  but  removed  in  1799  to 
Ames  township,  Athens  county.  Here  he  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  farming  for  some  years,  until  the  increasing  infirmities 
of  oid  age  compelled  him  to  resign  all  active  labor. 

In  1817  he  and  his  wife  (nee  Jean  Thomas,  who  survived  him 
for  some  years)  left  the  farm  and  spent  the  remainder  of  their 
lives  with  the  families  of  their  two  sons,  Judge  Archibald  G. 
Brown,  and  General  John  Brown,  who  resided  in  the  town  of 
Athens. 

Captain  Benjamin  Brown  died  October  — ,  1821.  He  and 
his  wife  are  both  interred  in  the  "old  graveyard"  (on  the  north 
side  of  the  town  of  Athens),  where  their  resting  places  are 
marked  by  simple  slabs  of  stone,  appropriately  inscribed.* 

*  Authorities  for  the  foregoing  record  of  Captain  Benjamin  Brown  are:  Family  rec- 
ords yet  preserved;  History  of  Leicester,  Mass.,  by  Governor  Washburn;  letter  of  "Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  John  Brooks;  Dr.  Hildreth's  "Lives  of  the  Pioneers  of  Ohio";  Captain 
Brown's  sworn  statement,  recorded  in  Vol.  I,  page  132,  of  Athens  Common  Pleas  Journal ; 
affidavit  of  William  Taylor,  a  comrade  officer  in  his  regiment;  and  finally,  Walker's  "His- 
tory of  Athens  County."" 

The  writer  of  this  sketch  has  made  somewhat  diligent  inquiries  for  information  as  to 
whether  any  other  "Minute  Man"  of  the  famous  Massachusetts  organization  of  1774-5  ever 
became  a  citizen  of  Ohio,  died  and  was  buried  here. 

Remembering  that  the  "Ohio  Company,"  which  purchased  the  great  body  of  land  at 
and  around  the  mouth  of  the  Muskingum,  and  founded  Marietta  in  17b8.  was  composed 
entirely  of  those  who  h;u1  been  officer's  and  soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  War ;  and  had 
lived  before,  and  during  that  Mar,  in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut;  it  seems  probable,  at 
least,  that  other  Minute  Men  died  and  were  buried  in  our  State.  But  I  have  not  been  able 
to  learn  of  any  other  than  Captain  Benjamin  Brown. 

-  If  there  were  others,  I  hope  the  publication  of  this  paper  in  your  excellent  magazine 
may  result  in  bringing  their  names  and  services  in  the  War  for  American  Independence 
back  to  the  minds  add  memories  of  the  present  and  future  generations  of  grateful  and 
patriotic  residents  of  our  magnificent  Ohio. 

Chillicothe,  O.,  June  iy--5.  William  E.  Gilmore. 


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Filson's  Porta  it  of  General  St.  Clair. 


GENERAL  ARTHUR  ST.  CLAIR. 

Address  delivered  at  Chillicothe.  Ohio,  by  William  H.  Hunter,  on  the  occasion  of  the 

presentation  of  a  portrait  of  Gen.  St.  Clair  to  the  Public  Library  of  that  city, 

and  again  read  before  the  ••Old  Northwest'"  Genealogical  Society, 

April  6,  and  at  Marietta  College,  September  29,  1905. 

I  AM  pleased  beyond  measure  to-night  to  present  through 
you  to  the  Chillicothe  Public  Library  this  portrait  of  Gen- 
eral Arthur  St.  Clair,  Governor  of  the  Northwest  Territory 
from  its  organization  until  within  a  few  weeks  of  the  time 
when  it  was  divided  and  the  eastern  portion  was  set  off  as  the 
State  of  Ohio. 

A  gentleman  was  St.  Clair ;  a  man  of  noble  blood,  high 
attainments,  ambitious,  enterprising,  diligent,  honorable,  patri- 
otic ;  a  soldier,  brave  and  strong  ;  a  statesman,  who  had  the 
courage  of  conviction  that  he  maintained  when  a  change  of 
front  would  have  given  him  greater  influence  and  greater  power 
in  the  arena  of  politics. 

This  portrait  is  from  the  master  brush  of  Charles  P.  Filson, 
of  Steubenville,  an  artist  worthy  the  task  of  portraying  upon 
canvas  the  features  of  men  active  in  the  early  history  of  Ohio, 
for  his  heart  is  in  the  work.  In  his  veins  flows  not  only  the 
blood  of  artists,  but  also  the  virile  current  of  those  who  have 
created  and  those  who  have  recorded  history.  His  great-great- 
uncle  was  John  Filson,  who  laid  out  the  first  legal  town  in  Ohio, 
upon  the  ground  that  afterward  became  the  nucleus  of  Cincin- 
nati ;  the  historian  and  artist  who  drew  the  first  map  of  Ken- 
tucky, who  wrote  Kentucky's  first  history,  and  whose  death  at 
the  hands  of  the  savage  redman  on  the  soil  of  Ohio  is  one  of 
the  tragedies  of  the  Northwest. 

The  artist's  father  was  also  an  artist  and  a  historian,  through 
whose  persistent  solicitations  as  president  of  the  Jefferson 
County  Historical  Society,  your  speaker  was  induced  to  pre- 
serve in  abiding  print  the  annals  of  Eastern  Ohio,  which  would 
have  been  lost  to  posterity  had  it  not  been  for  Mr.  David 
Filson's  zealous  interest. 

The  work  of  the  son  is  a  noteworthy  instance  of  the  power 
of  heredity.  A  pupil  of  E.  F.  Andrews,  from  whose  brush 
came  the  most  perfect  portraits  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  Martha 
Washington,  Dolly  Madison  and  Lucy  Webb  Hayes,  of  sacred 
memory,  which  adorn  the  walls  of  the  White  House,  Filson 
became  even  more  accurate  than  his  instructor  as  a  delineator 
of  features  upon  canvas  ;  his  work  is  acknowledged  superior 
to  that  of  his  master  by  his  master's  most  friendly  critic.  He 
has  genius  sustained  by  industry  and  diligence,  re-enforced  by 
sincerity  and  desire — the  factors  that  always  make  for  perfec- 
tion. ^  Mr.  Filson  is  not  without  recognition  in  Chillicothe  ;  in 
our  own  library  hangs  a  portrait  of  James  Ross,  the  Senator, 

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34  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  [Jan., 

who  was  one  of  St.  Clair's  most  intimate  friends,  and  in  the. 
Ross  County  Court  House  is  fixed  a  medallion  of  Governor 
Tiffin,  his  strongest  antagonist.-  Both  of  these  works  of  art 
are  from  the  brush  and  chisel  of  Filson,  and  in  presenting  this 
portrait  to-night  I  feel  proud  of  its  excellence,  for  it  is  equal 
to  any  other  he  has  produced  and  has  been  declared  much 
superior  in  its  strength  of  depicted  character  to  either  of  the 
two  celebrated  paintings  of  St.  Clair  by  Peel. 

Why  do  I,  a  Democrat,  the  political  antipode  of  St.  Clair, 
present  this  picture  to  the  City  of  Chillicothe,  the  scene  of  St. 
Clair's  greatest  defeat ;  the  home  of  the  Virginians — Tiffin, 
Worthington,  Massie — the  Jeffersonians,  the  Democrats,  who 
antagonized  this  great  man  and  accomplished  the  occultation 
of  his  ascendant  star;  who  in  spite  of  his  strong  character  and 
intelligence,  successfully  opposed  his  power  of  organization 
and  political  sagacity,  and  gave  Ohio  her  present  boundary  ? 
Why  do  I  do  this,  when,  as  a  reader  of  history  and  a  student 
of  political  economics,  I  am  a  partisan  of  the  Virginians  and  an 
opponent  of  Lhe  St.  Clair  party  in  that  momentous  contest  ,  I, 
a  Democrat,  born  and  bred,  with  all  the  traditions  of  my  fam- 
ily to  guide  my  course  divergent  from  that  followed  by  St. 
Clair,  why  should  I  be  an  admirer  of  a  Federalist  of  the  St. 
Clair  school  ? 

There  are  many  reasons.  Whatever  I  may  be  politically  or 
religiously,  I  hope  with  it  all  I  am  patriotic.  Whatever  may 
be  my  birthright,  I  have  a  pride  of  family  and  of  blood  which 
vitalizes  a  feeling  of  admiration  for  the  friends  of  my  fore- 
bears: My  great-grandfather  and  General  St.  Clair  were 
friends  and  neighbors  ;  they  were  prominent  in  political  and 
religious  affairs  in  what  is  now  Westmoreland  County,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  they  were  together  at  the  Hannastown  convention, 
May  16,  1775,  at  which  a  declaration  of  independence  from 
the  pen  of  St.  Clair  was  adopted  ;  they  were  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  together,  and  were  fellow  officials  in  the  county 
of  which  they  were  pioneer  settlers. 

While  there  was  deviation  in  their  paths  of  life,  particularly 
in  politics  and  religion,  the  St.  Clairs  being  Fedralists  and 
Episcopalians,  the  Hunters,  Jeffersonians  and  Presbyterians, 
nevertheless  the  two  had  much  in  common,  Both  families 
were  of  the  Normans  who  settled  in  the  Scottish  Lowlands. 
My  people  afterward  settled  in  the  North  of  Ireland  and 
migrated  to  America  in  the  eighteenth  century,  the  same  time 
as  St.  Clair.  The  former  came  because  of  hatred  to  the  home 
government  on  account  of  religious  persecution  ;  St.  Clair,  a 
faithful  soldier  of  the  British  crown.  St.  Clair  fought  in  the 
French  and  Indian  War  because  he  was  a  loyal  Briton  ;  my 
first  American  ancestor  fought  to  protect  his  own  fireside. 
When  St.  Clair  and  my  great-grandfather  met  as  pioneers  in 
the  beautiful  Ligonier  Valley,  one,  a  servant  of  the   English 


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1906.]  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  35 

crown,  the  other,  a  hater  of  the  King,  one,  interested  in  the 
Episcopal  Church,  the  church  which  had  driven  my  people 
from  Ireland,  the  other,  Presbyterian,  with  all  the  zeal  inspired 
by  that  communion  for  free  government,  they  were  friends  ; 
for  the  enmities  of  the  mother  country  did  not  come  across 
the  water,  or  at  least  there  was  no  room  for  them  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  common  enemy  of  the  pioneer. 

Even  before  the  tocsin  of  war  was  sounded  throughout  the 
colonies,  the  two  were  together  at  Hannastown.  It  was  a 
pleasure  for  my  great-grandfather  to  take  up  arms  against 
Great  Britain  ;  it  was  an  opporunity  for  giving  expression  to 
resentment  and  protest,  the  occasion  he  had  long  wished  for. 
With  St.  Clair  it  was  different  ;  to  him  it  was  like  severing 
heartstrings,  and  his  new  allegiance  was  taken  up  only  after 
long  and  painful  communings  with  himself.  He  had  no  per- 
sonal incentive  to  oppose  the  crown,  and  it  was  not  without 
sacrifice  of  innate  ideas  of  monarchy  that  he  made  common 
cnuse  with  his  neighbors  in  their  grievances  and  buckled  on 
the  armor  to  fight  for  liberty.  When  the  issue  was  joined  not 
even  Washington  himself  manifested  greater  desire  to  enter 
the  lists  and  fight  for  freedom  and  the  American  Colonies.  St. 
Clair  entered  the  contest  with  a  sincere  heart  ;  he  was  not  rash 
or  hasty,  but  took  up  arms  after  full  deliberation  ;  and  then, 
knowing  he  was  right,  he  gave  to  the  cause  his  fortune  as  well 
as  his  trained  services. 

At  the  Hannastown  convention  a  flag  was  also  adopted. 
This  flag  had  on  it  a  representation  of  the  rattlesnake  with  the 
motto — "Tread  on  me  at  your  peril,"  the  significance  of  which 
is  apparent. 

St.  Clair  would  have  preferred  that  Great  Britain  adopt  con- 
ciliatory measures  toward  the  colonies  ;  my  people  preferred 
that  the  war  should  go  forward  ;  but  when  St.  Clair  drew  his 
sword  he  threw  away  the  scabbard.  He  was  a  loyal  subject  of 
King  George  up  to  the  hour  his  sovereign  cast  aside  all  sense 
of  justice  and  right.  He  was  not  a  traitor;  he  was  a  rebel, 
engaged  in  a  rebellion  which  was  a  holy  cause. 

He  was  one  of  the  central  figures  of  the  Revolution.  From 
the  day  of  the  Hannastown  convention  he  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  conference  or  in  battle  ;  and  no  man  did  more  for 
freedom  in  that  conflict  at  arms.  No  man  made  greater  finan- 
cial sacrifices,  no  other  made  greater  personal  effort  to  attain 
American  independence  than  did  St.  Clair.  And  yet,  after  it 
was  all  over  ;  after  America  had  won  her  freedom  from  the 
galling  yoke  of  Great  Britain,  when  he  should  have  been  per- 
mitted to  enjoy  the  peace  of  civil  service  won  by  his  arms,  he 
was  assailled  with  malignant  vituperation  by  his  fellows.  He 
was  not  treated  as  a  gentleman  and  a  soldier,  but  as  a  tyrant 
who  sought  to  enthrall  the  people.     But  of  this  later. 


36  General  Arthur  St.  Clair,        m  Qan., 

General  St.  Clair  was  born  at  Thurso,  Scotland,  March  23, 
1734,  coming  of  noble  ancestry  which  dated  back  the  Norman 
conquest.  It  was  the  desire  of  his  parents  that  he  become  a 
physician,  and  with  this  idea  in  view  he  was  apprenticed  to  Dr. 
William  Hunter,  then  the  most  noted  doctor  in  the  kingdom. 
But  this  was  not  to  his  liking,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-three 
years  he  purchased  his  time,  and  obtaining  a  commission  in 
the  British  army,  came  to  America.  In  1759  he  was  assigned 
to  duty  as  a  Lieutenant  in  Wolfe's  command  in  the  French  and 
Indian  War.  He  was  at  the  fall  of  Quebec,  where  he  gave 
valiant  service  to  his  country,  after  which  he  obtained  a  fur- 
lough, and  going  to  Boston,  he  bore  dispatches  to  General 
Gage,  a  relative.  Here  he  courted  and  married  Phoebe  Bay- 
ard, a  woman  of  wealth  and  noble  blood,  receiving  with  her  a 
fortune  of  over  870,000.  In  1764  he  accepted  office  under 
William  Penn,  the  proprietor  of  the  Colony  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  with  his  family  removed  to  Bedford.  Shortly  after  he  was 
made  Commandant  of  Fort  Ligonier  by  General  Gage.  For 
his  services  in  the  French  and  Indian  'War  he  was  given  a  vast 
estate  in  the  Ligonier  valley  ;  and  with  the  energy  that  was  so 
marked  a  feature  in  his  character  he  devoted  himself  to  mak- 
ing improvements,  investing  in  mills  and  houses  a  large  portion 
of  his  fortune.  He  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  his  county  and 
colony  ;  and  although  heretofore  a  partisan  of  the  King,  when 
the  rumbling  that  foretold  the  coming  revolution  began  to  dis- 
turb the  whole  country,  even  to  the  remote  frontier  where  he 
was  busily  engaged,  he  saw  that  rebellion  against  Great  Britain 
Avas  the  only  hope  of  the  colonies,  and  he  became  one  of  the 
most  active  adherents  of  the  cause  of  liberty.  His  recognized 
military  skill  was  appreciated  by  Washington,  and  after  he  had 
organized  the  frontier  settlers  into  a  defensive  army  he  joined 
that  leader  and  during  the  war  arose  to  a  Brigadier  General- 
ship. He  took  a  leading  part  in  the  battles  of  Princeton  and 
Brandywine  ;  he  fought  with  Sullivan  against  the  Six  Nations  ; 
was  a  commissioner  to  arrange  a  cartel  with  the  British  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  court-martial  which  tried  and  convicted  Major 
Andre  ;  and  participated  in  the  capture  of  Cornwallis  at  York- 
town.  He  was  in  the  war  from  the  first  bugle  call  to  the  taps 
of  peace,  and  through  it  all  was  a  friend  and  confidant  of  Wash- 
ington. He  not  only  performed  service  in  the  field  of  carnage  ; 
he  gave  as  much  as  850,000  from  his  own  means  to  prosecute 
the  patriot  cause,  employing  his  fortune  to  purchase  food  and 
munitions  of  war  for  the  troops.  For  this  outlay  of  private 
funds  he  was  never  reimbursed  ;  he  was  never  even  thanked, 
but  on  the  other  hand,  in  later  years,  he  was  malignantly 
reviled  for  deeds  he  accomplished  as  well  as  for  lack  of  action 
in  other  directions. 

The  first  Governor  of  the  Northwest  Territory  was  no  pigmy  ; 
he  was  no  time-serving  politician  who  hoped  to  gain  wealth 


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1900.]  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.      ^  37 

through  holding  office.     He  was  a  patriot  who  willingly  and 
without  regret  made  sacrifices  for  the  cause  of  independence 
such  as  ho  other  man  of  his  time,  save  Robert  Morris,  made,- 
made,  or  would  have  made. 

.  But  those  who  can  appreciate  the  sensibility  of  a  noble 
nature  can  realize  how  St.  Clair  felt  the  poignant  sting  of 
ingratitude  and  how  the  iron  must  have  entered  his  soul. 

On  his  return  to  Westmoreland  County  after  the  war,  he 
found  himself  financially  ruined  ;  all  his  improvements  had 
suffered  decadence  ;  his  investments  in  mills  built  for  the  ben- 
efit of  the  settlers,  were  as  if  put  to  the  vandal  torch  ;  there 
was  nothing  left  save  the  land,  and  this  he  had  mortgaged  in 
order  to  obtain  funds  with  which  to  equip  the  troops.  As  his 
biographer  states,  the  comfortable  fortune  and  the  valuable 
offices  which  were  all  his  before  he  attended  the  Hannastown 
convention,  and  the  eight  years  of  the  prime  of  his  life,  were 
all  gone — all  given  freely  and,  as  I  have  said,  without  regret, 
for  the  eg  use  of  freedom  and  a  republic. 

In  1783  St.  Clair  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Council  ui 
Censors  ;  and  in  1785  was  elected  a  member  of  Congress.  The 
next  year  he  was  made  President  of  that  body  and  was  really 
President  of  the  United  States,  for  at  that  time  Washington 
had  not  been  chosen  Chief  Executive.  Certainly  this  act  of 
the  people  gave  evidence  that  his  ability  and  patriotism  were 
considered  worthy  of  recognition. 

While  in  Congress  he  aided  in  the  passage  of  the  Ordinance 
of  1787,  made  and  provided,  for  the  Northwest  Territory  em- 
bracing the  present  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Wisconsin 
and  Michigan.  He  was  elected  Governor  of  the  territory  by 
Congress  without  solicitation  or  even  expressed  desire  on  his 
part,  but  was  induced  to  accept  the.  charge  by  the  promise  that 
in  many  legitimate  ways  its  occupancy  would  enable  him  to 
recover,  in  part  at  least,  the  fortune  he  had  bestowed  upon  the 
American  cause. 

He  went  a,bOut  his  business  as  Governor  with  diligence  and 
capability,  his  attainments  as  a  scholar,  soldier  and  organizer 
giving  him  confidence  in  himself  and  impressing  others  with 
his  peculiar  fitness.  During  his  seventeen  years  of  residence  in 
the  territory  he  made  his  home  at  Marietta,  Cincinnati  and 
Chillicothe.  It  was  at  the  latter  place,  during  the  meeting  of 
the  Territorial  Legislature,  when  opposition  to  St.  Clair  became 
so  marked  in  its  bitterness,  that  it  is  said  he  was  mobbed  at  the 
hotel  called  Anthony  Wayne,  kept  by  Joseph  Tiffin,  brother  of 
governor  Tiffin  and  grandfather  of  Colonel  W,  E.  Gilmore  of 
Chillicothe. 

From  the  hour  St.  Clair  sailed  for  America  as  a  soldier,  his 
star  was  brilliant  above  the  horizon  of  events  ;  and  it  continued 
to  rise  until,  while  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  American 
armies,  when  still  Governor,  it  was  obscured  in  his  defeat  by 


38  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  [Jan., 

the  Indians,  November  4,  1791.  And  yet,  had  he  been  living 
in  the  house  of  his  friends,  had  he  even  been  among  friends, 
this  disaster  would  not  have  injured  him  ;.  it  would  have  been 
excused  and  palliated  as  many  other  more  ignominious  over- 
throws have  been.  But  there  was  even  then  strong  opposition 
to  St.  Clair  as  Governor,  and  the  reason  will  be  shown  as  I 
proceed.  While  this  defeat  could  not  well  have  been  avoided, 
it  gave  his  enemies  something  to  objurgate,  and  they  were  very 
willing  to  seize  an  opportunity  for  reprobation.  Although  he 
was  exonerated  by  a  court-martial,  his  enemies  persisted  in 
pointing  the  finger  of  scorn  at  him,  their  purpose  being  to  undo 
him  as  Governor,  to  break  his  influence  and  destroy  his  power. 
His  patriotism  in  the  Revolution,  his  sacrifices,  his  bravery  in 
war,  his  devotion  to  the  American  cause,  none  of  these  mitigated 
in  the  minds  of  the  Virginians  his  arrogance  as  Governor — 
their  rancor  would  be  satisfied  with  nothing  less  than  his  down- 
fall ;  and  the  contest  between  the  two  parties  came  to  an  end 
only  when  Jefferson  removed  St.  Clair  from  office. 

No  other  Territorial  Governor  at  any  time  in  his  ulYIcial  life, 
had  so  active,  so  exciting  and  so  stormy  a  career  as  fell  to  the 
lot  of  St.  Clair  in  the  latter  years  of  his  civil  life. 

Perhaps  it  is  not  entirely  correct  to  say  that  he  was  unfortu- 
nate in  being  a  Federalist  in  politics,  but  certainly  no  Federal- 
ist should  have  been  sent  to  the  Northwest  Territory,  inhabited 
as  it  was  by  Jeffersonian  Democrats.  It  was  unfortunate, 
though,  that  he  should  have  been  given  the  power  of  veto,  for 
the  employment  of  this  prerogative  could  have  no  other  effect 
than  to  intensify  the  partisan  hatred  of  Federalism  by  the 
Democrats,  who  had  the  Jeffersonian  idea  fixed  in  their  minds 
that  the  people  should  rule,  and  who  believed  that  it  was  for 
this  that  the  Revolutionary  War  was  fought.  At  that  time 
any  Federalist  would  naturally  have  encountered  antagonisms 
which  would  not  have  arisen  against  a  Virginia  Jeffersonian 
Democrat.  The  Jeffersonians  were  jealous  of  the  rights  of  the 
people. 

The  mistake  of  St.  Clair's  selection  was  occasioned  by  the 
impression  that  the  people  of  the  territory  were  principally  of 
New  England  blood  and  therefore  Federalists.  This  was  an 
error  ;  beyond  the  Marietta  settlement  there  were  few  Feder- 
alists in  the  territory  ;  the  majority  of  the  immigrants  came 
from  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  and  had  no  sympathy  with  the 
Hamiltonian  idea  of  strong  government,  which  took  from  the 
people  much  of  their  power  and  placed  it  in  the  hands  of  the 
Governor,  who,  with  his  pen,  could  destroy  the  work  which  the 
people  had  accomplished  through  their  elected  representatives. 
In  this,  the  Presbyterian  ideas  of  the  people  of  Western  Penn- 
sylvania and  of  the  majority  of  the  people  in  this  country  at 
the  time  were  paramount.  They  were  the  first  to  declare  war 
against  Great  Britain — John  Knox  was  in   Independence   Hall 


1906.]  General  Arthur  SL  Clair.  39 


incarnate  in  his  descendant,  the  venerable  Rev.  Dr.  Wither- 
spoon,  whose  courage  did  much  to  sustain  the  patriots  in  con- 
vention assembled  for  a  most  momentous  purpose.  The  Scotch 
Presbyterians  were  the  great  force  at  Hannastown  in  sustaining 
the  resolutions  of  St.  Clair ;  they  were  the  power  at  Mecklen- 
burg, they  were  at  Hanover  ;  in  fact  these  people  composed 
the  great  majority  of  those  who  fought  in  the  Revolutionary 
War.  \  t 

The  men  of  Pennsylvania  and  of  Virginia,  who  made  Ohio, 
were  perhaps  as  high  born  as  were  St.  Clair  and  the  New  Eng- 
land element  opposing  statehood,  but  they  partook  of  the 
ideas  of  the  democratic  frontier  ;  they  had  implicit  faith  in  the 
people  and  could  not  and  would  not  tolerate  the  one-man 
power  foisted  upon  them  by  the  territorial  laws,  which  feeling 
of  course  was  accelerated  by  the  persistency  with  which  Gov- 
ernor St.  Clair  employed  his  prerogative  of  veto  to  inflict  upon 
them  the  arrogance  of  what  they  considered  kingly  power. 

The  Democrats  who  made  Ohio,  known  then  as  Jeffersonians 
and  called  the  Viigiuia  Ring  in  derision  by  the  New  Engend- 
ers, were  absolutely  opposed  to  centralization  of  power  ;  they 
believed  in  the  individuality  of  the  state  and  of  the  people. 
Had  they  been  residents  of  Western  Pennsylvania  in  1794,  they 
would  have  been  leaders  in  the  protest  against  Federal  excise 
which  led  to  the  Whisky  Rebellion.  They  or  their  fathers  had 
come  to  America  to  free  themselves  of  the  sort  of  government 
they  believed  was  being  forced  upon  them  here  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Ohio.  That  is  why  they  wanted  to  overthrow  the 
territorial  government  and  erect  a  State  after  their  own  ideas 
of  representative  government.  They  wanted  to  know  that 
when  the  people  spoke  the  proposition  was  settled  ;  there 
should  be  no  kingly  force  to  overthrow  the  will  of  the  majority. 
The  constitution  adopted  on  the  29th  of  November,  1802,  and 
the  organization  of  the  State  the  March  following,  were  tri- 
umphs of  the  people  over  efforts  to  enlarge  the  powers  of 
government  and  to  relegate  the  governed. 

The  idea  that  the  New  England  people  created  Ohio  is  still 
prevalent  throughout  the  country,  particularly  in  the  New 
England  States,  and  in  those  portions  of  the  West  settled  from 
them  ;  but  the  truth  is  they  had  very  little  influence  in  the 
formative  period  and  have  ever  since  been  in  the  minority  of 
population. 

It  was  wrong  to  place  a  Federalist  Governor  with  the  veto 
power  over  a  people  whose  minds  were  saturated  with  the 
Democratic  idea  of  equality,  as  they  understood  the  term  ;  for 
it  should  have  been  evident  at  once  that  persistent  conflicts 
and  collisions  would  involve  them  in  political  war.  St.  Clair, 
being  a  Hamiltonian,  favored  the  veto,  and  employed  this  pre- 
rogative frequently  to  defeat  the  will  of  his  constituents.  But 
the  latter  triumphed  over  the  limited  monarchy  idea  and  Ohio 


40  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  [Jan., 

was  made  a  State,  the  first  really  free  government  on  the  face 
of  the  earth,  for  the  constitution  adopted  gave  no  one  man  the 
right  to  destroy  with  his  edict  the  laws  enacted  by  the  com- 
munity. 

The  Jeffersonians  had  no  right  to  complain  of  St.  Clair  on 
account  of  his  employment  of  the  veto  power;  he  held  that 
privilege  under  territorial  laws  ;  and  while  he  could  not  direct 
the  Legislature,  the  right  of  veto  placed  in  his  hands  the  power 
to  destroy  legislation  repugnant  to  his  principles  or  not  in 
accord  with  his  sentiments. 

As  a  Federalist,  St.  Clair  was  justified  in  his  opposition  to 
statehood  ;  it  is  even  true  that  the  men  who  composed  the 
Federalist  party  before  Wayne  made  certain  the  boundary  line, 
were  favorable  to  a  treaty  that  would  have  placed  Ohio  in 
English  territory — they  wanted  the  line  at  the  river  instead  of 
at  the  lake.  Had  St.  Clair  taken  a  different  course  he  would 
have  been  called  a  turncoat,  a  deserter  of  his  political  princi- 
ples. His  position  was  always  consistent;  he  acted  the  part 
of  a  scholar,  a  gentleman  and  a  statesman  throughout  the  pro- 
ceedings, while  we  regret  to  say  the  founders  of  the  State 
sometimes  showed  a  tendency  to  rowdyism. 

Perhaps  after  all,  accepting  the  Calvinistic  doctrine  as  a 
factor  in  worldly  affairs,  it  was  a  part  of  the  scheme  to  have  a 
Governor  arbitrary  and  with  monarchial  tendency  of  mind  sent 
to  the  Northwest  to  teach  the  people  self-reliance  in  govern- 
ment by  opposing  their  most  sacred  ideas  of  administration. 
It  aroused  a  spirit  of  resistance — a  fighting  spirit — which 
together  with  the  inspiration  given  by  the  words  of  Jefferson, 
that  eternal  vigilance  is  the  price  of  liberty,  made  them  so 
watchful  of  their  rights  as  freemen  that  the  desire  to  estop  the 
veto  privilege  became  paramount. 

It  was  because  of  St.  Clair's  vetoes,  arbitrarily  employed  to 
defeat  representative  government,  and  yet  along  the  line  of 
his  party's  notions  as  to  right  ideas,  that  Ohio  was  organized  a 
State  and  the  people  were  given  absolute  control  of  their  own 
destinies  insofar  as  government  was  a  factor  ;  a  right  which 
they  maintained  for  a  hundred  years.  Therefore  Ohio  people 
should  be  interested  in  St.  Clair  ;  he  was  a  means  to  the  end 
most  hoped  for  by  the  founders,  all  of  whom  were  Democrats 
— followers  of  the  individualistic,  political  doctrine  of  Thomas 
Jefferson. 

While  fathers,  less  tolerant  than  the  sons,  saw  fit  to  malign 
St.  Clair,  we  should  disregard  the  bickerings  of  the  past,  so 
largely  personal  in  their  nature,  and  remember  the  man  whom 
this  portrait  represents,  for  his  patriotism,  for  his  scholarship, 
his  statesmanship,  and  for  the  services  he  gave  his  country  as 
a  soldier. 

When  deprived  of  his  office  he  returned  to  Westmoreland 
County  without  having  recouped  his  fortune  ;  he  was  even  in 


1900.]  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  41 

worse  financial  straits  than  when  he  returned  to  his  home  after 
the  Revolution.  The  outlook  was  gloomy  indeed.  Still  hounded 
by  his  enemieswho  persisted  in  calling  up  his  defeat  by  the 
Indians  in  .1791,  and  fresh  from  his  political  defeat  in  the  North- 
west, we  should  expect  him  to  become  morose,  but  instead  he 
remained  erect  in  the  consciousness  that  he  had  done  his  full 
duty,  and  his  dignity  of  manner  and  force  of  mind  were  the 
admiration  of  all  of  his  old  friends  in  the  beautiful  Ligonier 
Valley.  Although  he  had  advanced  thousands  of  dollars  to  aid 
his  country  in  her  greatest  distress,  a  deaf  ear  was  turned  to 
his  appeals  for  restitution.  Those  in  power  had  forgotten  his 
great  service  in  the  momentary-  defeats  he  had  encountered. 
He  found  his  property  all  eaten  up  by  the  mortgages  he  had 
placed  upon  it  to  help  the  cause  of  freedom,  and  he  became 
what  we  would  call  a  pauper.  He  was  even  without  a  roof  to 
cover  his  head  ;  the  house  he  had  pledged,  to  pay  money  he 
had  given  to  clothe  and  feed  the  soldiers,  was  sold  by  the 
sheriff  to  pay  the  mortgage.  But  in  the  hour  t>f  his  greatest 
distress,  says  John  McGinnis,  his  most  considerate  biographer, 
his  eldest  son  came  to  his  relief  and  purchased  for  him  a  small 
piece  of  property  on  Chestnut  Ridge,  where  a  log  house  was 
erected  for  the  hero  in  order  that  he  might  eke  out  an  exist- 
ence as  a  keeper  of  a  public  inn.  It  was  a  bleak  and  barren 
spot,  but  it  was  on  the  public  road  leading  to  Pittsburg  and 
there  were  customers  almost  daily.  As  Mr.  McGinnis  wrote 
to  Dr.  Egle,  the  Pennsylvania  librarian,  a  few  years  before  the 
death  of  these  two  great  men,  it  was  a  sad  ending  of  a  noble 
career.  "Down  to  the  ill-fated  morning  of  November  4,  1791, 
when  his  brilliant  star  was  obscured  by  defeat,  it  was  ascend- 
ent ;  thenceforth  it  gradually  declined  in  lustre,  until  the  fateful 
day  when  he  sat  down  on  Chestnut  Ridge  a  grand,  and  heroic 
character,  like  Marius  amid  the  ruins  of  Carthage."  Dr.  Frank 
Cowen  in  his  thrilling  epic  poem,  "St.  Clair/'  thus  pictures  the 
hero  in  his  lonely  home  on  the  mountain  top  : 

Alone  in  the  primeval  wood,       '    -  . 

Upon  a  mountain's  ragged  crest, 
The  proud  and  brave  old  soldier  stood, 

And  watched  the  sun  sink  in  the  west. 

Before  him  lay  Westmoreland's  wealth, 

Empurpled  with  the  evening's  blaze; 
Her  hills  like  glowing  cheeks  of  health, 

Her  vales  vast  depths  of  rudy  haze. 

And  at  his  feet  a  burning  stream, 

The  limpid  Loyalhanna  sped, 
Reflecting  back  the  fiery  gleam. 

And  flashed  crimson  overhead. 

Hi?  brow  was  black  with  sullen  thought, 
His  eye  was  fixed  and  glazed  and  dim, — 

Ah,  would  to  God  they  were  forgot, 
The  memories  that  haunted  him. 


42  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  [Jan., 


Here  he  spent  his  last  days.  He  must  have  been  heartbro- 
ken but  he  gave  no  sign.  Mr.  McGinnis  declares  that  had  it 
not  been  for  philanthropic  friends  he  oftentimes  would  have 
suffered  for  the  mere  necessaries  of  life.  Many  strangers  called 
upon  him  as  they  passed  over  the  highway.  Hon.  Elisha  Whit- 
tlesay,  in  1815,  as  he  and  three  friends  were  journeying  from 
Ohio  to  Connecticut,  talked  with  him  and  recorded  his  impres- 
sions in  these  words  :  "  I  proposed  that  we  stop  at  his  house 
and  spend  the  night.  He  kept  a  public  house  but  had  no  grain 
for  our  horses,  and  after  spending  an  hour  with  him  in  the 
most  agreeable  and  interesting  conversation  respecting  the 
Northwest  Territory,  we  took  our  leave  of  him  with  the  deep- 
est regret."  To  such  condition  of  poverty  had  this  great  man 
been  brought  by  his  own  generosity!  Keeping  a  public  house 
and  yet  too  poor  to  have  in  store  grain  with  which  to  feed  a 
patron's  horses  ! 

Mr.  Whittlesay  says  further:  "I  was  never  before  in  the 
presence  of  a  man  that  caused  me  to  feel  the  same  degree  of 
esteem  ana  veneration.  He  wore  a  citizens  dress  of  black  cf 
the  Revolution  period,  his  hair  clubbed  and  powdered.  When 
we  entered  he  arose  with  dignity,  and  received  us  most  courte- 
ously. His  dwelling  was  a  common  double  log  house  of  the 
Western  country,  that  a  neighborhood  would  roll  up  in  an 
afternoon.  Chestnut  Ridge  was  bleak  and  barren.  There  lived 
the  friend  of  Washington,  the  ex-Governor  of  the  fairest  por- 
tion of  creation.  It  was  in  neighborhood,  if  not  in  view,  of 
the  large  estate  near  Ligonier  that  he  owned  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Revolution  which  I  have  always  understood  he 
sacrificed  to  promote  the  success  of  the  Revolution." 

Mr.  McGinnis  gives  several  incidents  to  impress  the  reader 
with  the  dignity  and  pride  of  the  man. 

"Toasted  at  a  militia  muster  'as  the  brave  but  unfortunate 
St.  Clair,'  he  drew  his  sword  in  an  instant,  and  would  have 
slain  the  offender,  Findlay,  the  first  Congressman  of  West- 
moreland county,  had  the  words  not  been  retracted  ;  he  was  not 
to  be  complimented  and  commiserated  in  a  breath;  not  he, 
indeed,  whose  achievements  in  the  service  of  England  and 
America,  in  peace  and  in  war,  were  deserving  of  glory  without 
a  compromising  stain." 

And  yet  how  tragic  and  how  pathetic  the  end  was !  General 
Arthur  St.  Clair  died  from  injuries  received  by  being  thrown 
from  a  wagon  while  on  the  way  to  a  village  at  the  foot  of  the 
hill  to  obtain  supplies.  The  accident  occurred  in  the  afternoon, 
and  when  found  he  was  insensible,  his  faithful  horse  standing 
near  him.  He  was  carried  to  his  house,  where  he  died  without 
regaining  consciousness,  August  31,  1818,  aged  eighty-four 
years  five  months  and  eight  days.  He  was  buried  with  mili- 
tary honors,  and  the  Masonic  body  erected  a  stone  over  the 
grave,   upon   which    was   engraved    the    words,    "The    earthly 


;■ 


1906.]  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  43 

remains  of  Major  General  Arthur  St.  Clair  are  deposited  be- 
neath this  humble  monument,  which  is  erected  to  supply  the 
place  of  a  nobler  one  due  from  his  country."  The  nobler  one 
has  never  been  supplied.  The  grave  is  the  only  one  now 
remaining  in  the  old  Greensburg  Cemetery  save  that  of  his 
wife,  ever  faithful  in  life,  who  died  with  a  broken  heart  eighteen 
days  after  her  noble  husband  departed. 

Phoebe  Bayard  was  a  matron  of  the  Revolution,  of  heroic 
mold,  and  was  called  upon  to  endure  great  suffering,  which  she 
bore  with  sublime  fortitude.  Of  her,  not  less  than  of  her  hus- 
band, it  may  well  be  said,  their  names  should  be  honored,  their 
memory  cherished,  their  deeds  emblazoned  on  the  scroll  of  our 
country's  history,  as  a  perpetual  incentive  to  each  coming  gen- 
eration, that  posterity  may  be  encouraged  to  labor  without 
ceasing,  in  order  to  preserve  the  glorious  heritage  made  possi- 
ble for  us  by  such  illustrious  exemplars  of  earth's  nobility. 

THE    GENEALOGY    OF    ST.    CLAIR. 

John  F.  McGinnis  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  during  his  life  a  noted 
Pennsylvania  historian,  wrote  for  Dr.  W.  H.  Egle's  Notes  and 
Queries  a  biographical  sketch  of  General  St.  Clair,  from  which 
the  following  is  condensed  : 

General  Arthur  St.  Clair  and  Phoebe  Bayard,  his  wife,  had 
issue  : 

2.  i.    Daniel  St.  Clair,  b.  1762,  in  Boston;  m.  Rachel  Shannon,  Feb.  3, 
1791 ;  d.  Feb.  18.  1833,  in  Montgomery  County,  Pa. 

ii.    John  Murry  St.  Clair,  b.  1764,  in  Boston;  m.  Jane  Parker  in 
1783 ;  d.  in  1844. 

iii.    Margaret  St.  Clair,  b.  1766,  at  Boston  ;  d.  unm.,  date  and  place 
unknov/n,  probably  at  Ligonier. 

3.  iv.     Elizabeth  St.  Clair,  b.  1768,  probably  at  Bedford,  Pa.;  m.  (1) 

Captain  John  Lawrence,  at  Pottsgrove,  Pa.,   and  (2)  General 
James  Dill;  d.  at  Lawrenceburg,  Ind.,  in  1825. 

4.  v.     Arthur  St.  Clair,  Jr.,  b.  1771,  probably  at  Ligonier;  m.  Frances 
Stall,  and  d.  at  Cincinnati,  Sept.  26,  1820. 

5.  vi.    Louisa  St.  Clair,  b.  Sept.  24,  1773,  probably  at  Ligonier  or  Han- 
hastown  ;  m.  Samuel  Robb  in  1795,  and  d.  May  27,  1840. 

vii.    Jane  St.  Clair,   b.  1774,  probably  at  Ligonier;   m.   Samuel  W. 
JarYis ;  had  one  dau.  named  Phoebe;   d.  Sept.  17,  1857.     Her 
dau.  m.  Dr.  David  Baldridge;  he  d    suddenly  in  the  West  and 
she  d.  at  Blairsville.    They  had  issue: 
I.    William  Baldkidge;  in.  Miss  Hill. 

II.  Chaklf.s  Baldridge;  m.  (1>  a  dan.  of  Robert  Ramsey,  Esq.,  and  (2) 
Miss  Hill,  a  sister  of  his  brother  William'*!  wife.  Descendants  live 
in  Indiana  County,  Pa. 

2.  Captain  Daniel  St.  Clair,  the  eldest  son  of  General  St. 
Clair,  who  married  Rachel  Shannon,  had  issue: 

i.   «Arthur  St.  Clair,  b.  Dec.  10,  1791  ;  m.  Sarah.  Litzwater,  and  d.  in 

1870,  aged  85.     No  issue. 
ii.    Sarah  St.  Clair,  b.  1791},  d.  young. 


44  General  Arthur  St.  Clair.  Dan-r 


iii.    Phoebe  St.  Clair,  b.  Aug.  15,  1794,  d.  in  18S7  ;  m.  David  Boyd, 
and  had : 

I.  Robert  Boyd,  d.unm,  in  1827. 

II.  Rachel  Boyd,  d.  in  infancy. 

III.  David  Boyd.  b.  Jan.  29,  1824,  d.  Aup.  15, 1882.    He  m.  June  23,  1SG9, 

..'','         Alida  Vi^schcr  Knickerbocker,  and  they  had  issue:   Arthur  St.  Clair 

jS        Boyd,  who  d.  young:,   and   Davis  Knickerbocker  Boyd,   Lawrence 

*^  Visscher  Boyd,  Phoebe  Aurelia  Boyd,  Alida  May  Boyd  and  Rowland 

Carlisle  Boyd,  all  live  of  whom  are  living  [1897J  in  Philadelphia. 

iv.    Sarah  St.  Claib,  b.  1795,  d.  young. 
v.     Robert  St.  Clair,  b.  1798;  studied  law  and  d.  unm.  soon  after  his 

father. 
vi.    William  St.  Clair,  b,  1800,  d.  young. 
vii.     Sarbeth  St.  Clair,  b.  1801,  d.  young. 
viii.    Margaret  St.  Clair,  b.  1803  ;  m.  Captain  Eichard  A.  Eddey  and 

d.  abom  1870.    She  left  two  children,  who  are  now  living  [1S97] 

at  St.  Louis. 
ix.    James  St.  Clair,  b.  1805,  d.  Aug.  11,  1842.    He  m.  Julia  Eddey,  of 

the  Island  of  Barbadoes,  and  they  had  issue :  y— N 

I.    Rachel  St.  Clair,  b.  1841;  rn.  (1)  William  Jacoby,  (2)  Jarrfes  Miller, 

and  resides  [1897]  at  Sumneytown,  Montgomery  County,  Pa. 
II     Itti.ta  Eddey  St.  Clatr,  b.  1842:  m.  the  Rev.  John  Sedenbam,  of  Dela- 
ware. 

x.    Mary  St.  Clair,  b.  1807,  d.  young. 
xi.    Kachel  St.  Clair,  b.  1810,  d.  young. 
xii.    Louisa  St.  Clair,  b.  1811 ;  m.  Mr.  Ferguson,  of  Westmoreland 

County,  Pa.,  and  d.  without  issue. 
xiii.  Daniel  St.  Clair,  b.  1815,  d.  young. 
xiv.    Jane  St.  Claie,  b.  1S15,  d.  young. 

Mr.  McGinnis  mentions  as  a  singular  fact  that  out  of  this 
large  family,  only^  one  son  (James)  and  two  daughters  had 
issue  ;  and  Mrs.  Rachel  Miller,  of  Sumneytown,  Pa.,  two  cousins 
living  near  St.  Louis  [1897]  and  the  Boyd  family  are  the  only 
surviving  descendants  of  Captain  Daniel  St.  Clair. 

(To  be  continued.) 


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JAMES  S.  ABBOTT. 

FROM  the  earliest  dawn  of  history  down  to  the  present 
time  it  has  been  the  custom,  among  the  most  enlight- 
ened nations  of  the  world,  to  perpetuate,  by  picture,  by 
monument  and  by  written  word  the  memory  of  persons  distin- 
guished in  war,  m  government,  in  church,  in  science,  in  art  and 
in  the  walks  of  community  life,  where  individual  character 
often  shines  as  a  beacon  light,  to  attract  the  attention,  and 
direct  the  life,  of  those  who,  in  the  plainer  and  more  quiet 
spheres  of  action,  make  up  the  largest  part  of  every  great 
company  of  actors  on  the  stage  of  life.  Nor  does  the  custom 
rest  here.  From  the  day  when  it  was  said  unto  the  children 
of  the  Lord,  "Thou  shalt  not  harden  thine  heart,  nor  shut 
thine  hand,  from  thy  poor  brother,"  down  to  the  present  time, 
"the  short  and  simple  annals  of  the  poor"  have  been  fraught 
with  interest  to  mankind.  Following  this  almost  universal 
custom,  it  is  eminently  proper  that,  through  the  pages  of  The 
"Old  Northwest,"  the  life  and  character  of  James  S.  Abbott, 
a  pioneer  settler  in  the  wilderness  which,  an  hundred  years 
ago,  stretched  over  the  vast  territory  lying  west  and  northwest 
of  the  Allegheny  Mountains,  should  be  set  forth,  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  those  who,  succeeding  him,  occupy  the 
great  empire  of  the  upper  valley  of  the  Mississippi,  over  which, 
in  the  matter  of  genealogy,  The  "Old  Northwest"  magazine 
has  assumed  a  protectorate.    " 

James  Samuel  Abbott,  the  son  of  Samuel  Abbott,  was  born 
at  Canton,  Connecticut,  September  eighteenth,  1811.  He  lived 
on  earth  ninety-two  years  three  months  and  twenty-four  days. 
He  died  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  January  fourth,  1904.  He  was 
descended,  in  the  sixth  generation  of  the  male  line,  from 
Robert  Abbott,  a  Puritan,  who  was  recorded  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  in  1634,  and  at  Branford,  Connecticut,  in  1045. 
Through  his  mother,  who  was  Lois  Ives,  Mr.  Abbott  was 
descended,  in  the  sixth  generation,  from  Rev.  James  Pierpont, 
a  member  of  the  distinguished  Connecticut  family  of  that 
name,  who  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  .1081,  and  was 
pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  New  Haven  from  10S5  to  1714. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale,  and  was,  at  the  time  of  his 

45 


46  James  S.  Abbott.  Dar*., 

death,  a  trustee  of  that  college.  This  James  Pierpont  married 
Mary  Hooker,  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Hooker,  the  noted 
Puritan  who,  after  graduating  at  Cambridge  in  1611,  preached 
in  England  until  1630,  when,  as  a  non-conformist  minister,  he 
was  compelled  to  flee  to  Holland,  where  he  continued  his  work 
as  preacher  and  teacher  until  the  year  1633.  On  September 
fourth  of  that  year,  in  the  company  of  Rev.  John  Cotton  and 
"two  hundred  passengers  in  all,"  Hooker  landed  in  Boston, 
with  the  purpose  of  continuing  his  work  as  a  Puritan  preacher 
in  New  England  ;  but  being,  by  the  great  force  of  his  charac- 
ter, a  leader  rather  than  a  follower  of  men,  he  disagreed  with 
those  who  controlled  the  church  and  its  government  in  the 
towns  about  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  emigrated,  with  his  people, 
in  the  spring  of  1636,  to  Hartford,  where,  with  the  conviction 
that  every  congregation  of  believers  had  the  right  to  constitute 
its  own  church  estate,  and  to  choose  and  ordain  its  own  orricers, 
he  became  the  founder  of  Congregationalism  in  New  England. 
The  commingling  of  the  blood  of  the  Abbotts,  the  Hookers 
and  the  Pierponts,  of  Connecticut,  in  the  veins  of  James  S. 
Abbott  is  a  noteworthy  fact,  which  should  be  kept  in  mind 
when  reviewing  his  character.  No  purer  strains  of  Puritan 
blood  flow  in  the  veins  of  any  person  now  living. 

At  Canton,  Connecticut,  the  father  of  Mr.  Abbott,  a  skilled 
mechanic,  maintained  his  large  family  in  healthful  frugality  ; 
and  from  thence  they  emigrated  to  Ohio.  It  is  now  interest- 
ing to  note  that  this  family,  traveling  in  a  heavy  wagon,  crossed 
the  Hudson  River  at  Poughkeepsie.  Moving  then  in  a  south- 
westerly direction,  they  passed  over  the  old  Minisink  road  to 
the  Delaware  Water  Gap.  This  old  Minisink  road  followed 
the  Indian  trail  of  early  Colonial  days,  and  was  the  main  thor- 
oughfare between  New  York  and  New  England- and  the  Middle 
Western  States  during  the  Revolution,  and  at  a  later  period. 
A  few  years  ago  there  was  yet  standing,  about  two  miles  from 
Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  an  old  guidepost,  on  which  was 
painted,  "To  Ohio,  —  miles."  This  fact  is  almost  conclusive 
evidence  that  emigrants  from  Connecticut,  seeking  a  home  in 
Ohio,  paased  that  way.  Following  a  road  over  the  southern 
tier  of  counties  in  Pennsylvania,  the  Abbott  party  reached 
Franklin  County,  Ohio,  after  a  journey  of  about  three  months' 
duration,  and  settled,  in  the  autumn  of  1816,  on  the  west  bank 


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of  the  Olentangy  River,  about  two  and  one-half  miles  north  of 
Worthington. 

This  was  an  isolated,  wilderness  home  ;  yet  it  was  not  with- 
out attractions.  Its  undulating  surface,  enriched  by  good  soil, 
yielded  fruits  and  flowers  in  profusion,  without  the  pains  of 
culture  ;  its  pure  waters  were  stocked  with  edible  fish,  the  fine 
flavor  of  which  has,  alas  !  become  almost  a  tradition  ;  its  ver- 
dant slopes  were  beautified,  here  and  there,  by  spreading  elms 
and  stately  sycamores.  The  embowering  shades  of  a  beautiful 
upland  grove  afforded  grateful  retreat  from  the  extreme  heat 
of  the  summer  sun  ;  and  an  abundant  growth  of  various  hard 
woods  furnished  cheap  and  excellent  fuel  for  the  great  fireplace 
in  the  log  house.  There,  the  huge  back-log,  with  sap  exuding 
from  its  ends,  filling  the  room  with  delightful  aromatic  odors, 
rivaling  the  nard  of  India  in  sweetness,  and  the  bright  fore- 
stick,  throwing  off  brilliant  sparks,  the  delight  of  children, 
imparted  to  the  home  circle  a  winter-night  cheerfulness  which 
can  hardly  be  imagined  by  those  bred  to  city  life.  An  inter- 
esting custom,  now  obsolete,  was  then  annually  observed  by 
the  Abbott  family,  and  other  settlers  on  the  upper  waters  of 
the  Olentangy,  at  Christmas  time.  The  buckeye  tree  was  known 
to  be  a  very  tough,  and  a  very  slow  burning  wood.  The  custom 
was  to  secure  a  buckeye  log,  which  was  cut  the  full  length  of 
the  great  fireplace — perhaps  five  or  six  feet — and  was  then,  on 
Christmas  eve,  rolled,  or  hoisted,  into  its  place,  as  the  Christ- 
mas back-log.  So  long  as  this  slow-burning  log  was  unconsumed, 
the  Christmas  holidays  continued — and,  with  a  little  manage- 
ment by  the  young  people,  the  Christmas  back-log  was  often 
kept  burning  until  after  the  New  Year  came  in. 

Here  Mr.  Abbott  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth,  trained  by 
pious  parents,  but  without  educational  advantages  beyond 
those  to  be  found  in  a  neighboring  log  schoolhouse  during  a 
part  of  each  winter. 

The  Abbott  family  moved  to  Worthington  about  the  year 
1824,  and  from  that  time,  with  manly  independence,  young 
James  undertook  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  In  the 
year  1S31  Mr.  Abbott  first  found  employment  in  Columbus  as 
a  clerk.  In  the  year  1833  he  located  at  Marysville  Union 
County,  where  he  was  employed  by  his  brother  as  clerk  in  a 
general  country  store.  The  year  1834  he  spent  in  Milford, 
Union  County,  still  employed  by  his  brother  in  merchandising 


48  James  S.  Abbott.  [Jan., 

In  June,  1835,  Mr.  Abbott  settled  in  Columbus,  becoming  at 
once  identified  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  at  the 
southwest  corner  of  State  and  Third  streets.  He  was  employed 
as  a  clerk  by  Gregory  &  Burr,  retail  grocers,  whose  store  was 
located  on  the  east  side  of  High  street,  north  of  Town  street, 
on  a  part  of  inlot  No.  338.  In  June,  1845,  Mr.  Abbott  was 
elected  an  elder  of  his  church,  and  continued  in  this  sacred 
office  to  the  time  of  his  death — a  period  of  more  than  fifty- 
eight  years.  ^ 

In  the  year  1841  John  G. 'Miller,  a  courtly  Virginia  gentle- 
man, was  appointed,  by  his  brother-in-law,  John  Tyler,  then 
President  of  the  United  States,  to  the  position  of  Postmaster 
at  Columbus.  Mr.  Abbott  became  chief  clerk  in  the  postoffice 
under  Postmaster  Miller,  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  about 
four  years.  In  the  year  1871  he  was  elected  Clerk  of  the 
Courts  of  Franklin  County,  continuing  in  that  office  for  two 
terms  (more  than  six  years). 

For  about  eight  years  prior  to  May  1, 1854,  when  he  removed 
to  more  commodious  quarters  in  the  Gwynne  Block,  Mr.  Abbott 
and  his  partner  conducted  a  hardware  business,  under  "the  old 
gilt  padlock,"  in  a  store  on  the  west  side  of  High  street,  north 
of  Town  street,  on  the  north  one-third  of  inlot  No.  258.  In 
later  years  Mr.  Abbott  established,  in  the  Johnson  Building, 
with  younger  partners,  a  hardware  business  which  survives  him. 

In  the  year  1882  Mr.  Abbott  was  elected  president  of  the 
Ohio  Tool  Company,  then  one  of  the  most  successful  manufac- 
turing corporations  of  Franklin  County  ;  and  in  1885,  after 
serving  many  years  on  its  Board  of  Trustees,  he  was  elected 
president  of  Green  Lawn  Cemetery  Association.  He  continued 
in  both  of  these  offices  until  January,  1894,  when  he  resigned 
them  into  younger  hands.  During  the  years  of  his  earlier 
manhood  he  was  a  regular  teacher  in  the  Sunday  School  of 
his  church  ;  and  there  are  old  men  now  living  who  bear  willing 
testimony  to  the  efficacy  of  the  instruction  received,  quite 
seventy  years  ago,  from  his  lips.  At  a  later  period  in  his  life 
he  taught,  for  some  years,  a  Bible  class  in  the  Ohio  Peniten- 
tiary. There,  among  men  whose  pathway  in  life  had  been 
hardened  by  crime,  his  teaching  imposed  not  the  external 
restraints  of  the  law.  but  the  more  potent  and  salutary  internal 
restraints  of  a   pure   religion.     Without    reward,  except    that 


1000.  ]  James  S.  Abbott.  49 

arising  from  the  consciousness  of  work  well  done,  he  served 
his  State  in  the  interest  of  her  unfortunate  children,  whose 
welfare  he  carefully  guarded,  and  whose  condition,  moral  and 
physical,  it  was  his  earnest  purpose  to  improve. 

Mr.  Abbott  was  married  in  the  year  1831.  His  wife  died  in 
1882,  after  more  than  fifty  years  of  ideal  wedded  life.  The 
long  life  of  our  friend  was  one  of  steady  industry  and  solid 
unvarying  integrity  ;  and  the  high  reward  of  public  and  private 
regard  and  respect  were  his.  But  besides  those  characteristics 
which  made  him  a  good  citizen,  a  successful  merchant  and  a 
wise  counsellor,  Mr.  Abbott  possessed  a  certain  personal  charm, 
springing  not  so  much  from  intellect  as  from  temperament. 
And  this  kindly  personality,  which  we  dwell  upon  with  much 
feeling,  bore  rich  fruitage  in  the  pleasure  it  constantly  con- 
veyed to  those  about  him  ;  at  the  same  time  preserving  in  hirn 
the  cheerfulness  of  youth  while  he  acquired  the  wisdom  of  age. 
It  has  been  well  said  that  "we  cannot  at  once  enjoy  the  flowers 
of  the  spring  of  life  and  the  fruits  of  its  autumn  "  ;  but  among 
the  many  persons  who  knew  the  good  man  whose  character  we 
are  considering  was  there  ever  one  who  did  not  feel  that  from 
among  the  bright  leaves  of  the  autumnal  days  of  Mr.  Abbott's 
life  there  constantly  welled  up  a  flow  of  spirit  and  cheer,  so 
friendly  and  warm,  so  tender  and  beautiful,  as  to  remind  him 
of  the  flowers  of  spring,  and  to  stamp  Mr.  Abbott  as  one  of  the 
few  old  men  whose  feelings  are  abundant  in  kindness,  and 
whose  affections  remain  warm  and  youthful  while  life  lasts  ? 
We  are  persuaded  that  there  never  was  one  such  person.  It 
seems  to  us  that  his  unwavering,  trustful  faith  made  him  youth- 
ful and  happy  ;  and  that,  on  the  other  hand,  his  happy  temper- 
ament gave  to  his  faith  a  tinge  so  warm  and  fresh  as  to  make 
it  youthful  in  character  and  beautiful  to  contemplate  ;  that,  in 
his  declining  years,  confident  expectation  of  eternal  happiness 
m  the  future  was  mingled  with  peaceful  recollections  of  a  well 
spent  earthly  pilgrimage. 

"Calmly  he  looked  on  either  life,  and  here 
Saw  naught  to  regret,  or  there  to  fear." 

The  constant  and  abundant  flow  of  his  charity,-  always 
directed  by  good  judgment,  was  so  quiet  and  unostentatious  as 
to  remain  unknown  to  the  casual  observer;  but  it  brought  a 
bountiful  reward  to  Mr.  Abbott  in  the  gratitude  and  prayers  of 


50  James  S.  Abbott.  [Jan., 

many  a  beneficiary.  More  than  most  men  he  was  sincere  and 
earnest.  Others  have  exhibited,  on  special  occasions  and  in 
pursuit  of  special  ends,  more  zeal  than  he  was  accustomed  to 
betray  ;  but  few  men  of  our  acquaintance  have  seemed  to  burn 
with  an  ardor  so  constant  and  sustained  as  that  which  inspired 
him. 

May  there  not,  in  the  contemplation  of  the  character  of  this 
good  man,  be  a  lesson  for  those  who  survive  him  ?  When  we 
•consider  that  for  seventy-two  years  of  his  matured  manhood 
he  was  known  to  his  neighbors  as  a  gentleman  of  high  princi- 
ples, of  pleasing  address,  happy  in  his  home  and  punctilious  in 
the  observance  of  his  duties  as  a  citizen  ;  faithful  to  his  church 
vows  and  untiring  in  the  discharge  of  the  active  duties  imposed 
by  the  trusts  and  obligations  which  he  assumed,  it  seems  to  us 
pertinent,  that  the  men  of  to-day  should  inquire  into  the  causes 
and  conditions  which  led  up  to  the  formation  of  his  character, 
that  they  may  shape  their  lives  into  something  of  the  symme- 
try, perhaps  without  the  hope  of  obtaining  the  perfection, 
which  marked  his  life.  Such  a  rare  combination  of  many 
excellent  qualities  surely  furnishes  to  the  student  of  character 
a  fine  field  for  investigation.  Yet  his  many  excellencies  gave 
him  no  exemption  from  the  solemn  summons  that  must  come 
to  all ;  but  they  did  render  that  summons  a  message  of  peace 
when,  at  last, 

"  Like  a  shadow  thrown 
Softly  and  lightly  from  a  passing  cloud, 
Death  fell  upon  him." 


GENEALOGY  OF  SHEPARD,  OF  HENRIETTA,  LORAIN 
COUNTY,  OHIO. 

By  Kate  Shepard  Hines. 

THE  first  American  Ancestor  of  Philemon  Shepard  was 
Thomas,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.  He  was  a  near  relative 
of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 
When  Thomas  Shepard  came  over  is  not  known.  He  appears 
in  the  records  of  Charlestown  in  1658  as  "  Mister  Thomas 
Shepard,"  a  young  man  of  means,  being  among  the  largest 
land  owners  of  the  place.  At  one  time  he  lived  in  Maiden, 
where  he  also  owned  land.  In  1657  he  lived, in  Medford,  where 
he  owned  land  which  he  sold  in  1675.  He  died  in  Milton,  Sept. 
29,  1719,  where  he  was  buried  and  has  a  stone.  He  left  a  will 
and  considerable  property  for  that  time.  He  did  not  join  the 
church  until  Sept.  2, 1677;  why,  does  not  appear.  Not  being  a 
church  member  he  had  no  vote  and  could  not  hold  office.  In 
1684,  however,  he  was  "deputy  searcher  and  surveyor  of  his 
majesties  dues  and  customs  in  3/e  County  of  Essex." 

He  m.  (1)  Nov,  19,  1658,  Hannah  Ensign,  dau.  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  (Wilder)  Ensign,  of  Scituate,  Mass.,  b.  July  6, 

1640,  d.  Mar.  14,  1698.     He  m.  (2)  Joanna .     His  children 

were,  by  his  first  wife  : 

i.    Thomas  Shepard;  m.  Dec.  7,  1682,  Hannah  Blanchard;  d.  Apr. 

13,  1726,  at  East  Haven,  Conn. 
ii.    Hannah  Shepard  ;  m.  Apr.  13,  1681,  Joseph  Blanchard. 
iii.    David  Shepard,  of  whom  nothing  is  known. 

iv.     John  Shepard;  m.  Mar.  26,  1690,  Persis  Pearce;  d.  Mar.  9,  1691. 
He  was  at  the  battle  with  the  Indians  at  Narragansett  Fort,  and 
also  with  Gov.  Phips  at  Quebec. 
v.    Ralph  Shepard,  b.  Jan.,  1667,  d.  in  Milton  Jan.  26, 1722. 
vi.    Sarah  Shepard,  d.  Dec.  19,  1C83. 

vii.    Jacob  Shepard  ;  m.  Nov.  22, 1699,  Mercy  Chickering.   Their  oldest 
son  was  John,  who  lived  to  be  105  years  old.    He  once  caught  a 
deer  with  his  hands,  and  led  it  home  unhurt. 
viii.    Isaac  Shepard,  b.  May  IS,  1682,  at  Charlestown;  m.  Dec. 31,  1702; 
d.  June  24,  1724. 

Isaac0  Shepard  {Thomas1  and  Elizabeth  Ensign)  moved  to 
Norton,  Mass.,  in  1707,  where  he  d.  in  1724,  aged  42.  In  1717 
he  was  elected  tithingman,  being  described  as  a  "prudent  and 
discreet  person  of  sober  life  and  conversation."  He  m.  Eliza- 
beth Fuller,  of  Newton,  b.  Jan.  22,  1679,  who  was  descended 
from  the  Wards  and  the  Jacksons.     Children  : 

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52  Shepard  of  Henrietta,  Lorain  Co.,  0.  [Jan> 

i.  Isaac  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  19,  1704  ;  m.  Sept.  3,  1729,  Sarah  Cheeney, 

-  and  was  grandfather  of  Mary  Lyon, 

ii.  Joshua  Shepard,  b.  Apr.  5,  1705 ;  m.  1728,  E.  Outrington. 

iii.  Elizabeth  Shepard,  b.  May  13,  1707. 

iv.  Jonathan  Shepard,  b.  Aug.  6,  1709. 

v        v.  Hannah  Shepard,  b.  Aug.  2,  1711;  m.  Joseph  Norcross.  |    . 

vi.  Nathaniel  Shepard,  b.  Feb.  13, 1713,  d.  Apr.  14, 175*2,  *r\    g  *j   <$!ffu, 

vii.  Sarah  Shepard,  b.  Mar.  2,  1715.  * 

viii.  NoAn  Shepard,  b.  Feb.  22,  1717. 

ix.  Jacob  Shepard,  b.  Pec.  12,  1721. 

Nathaniel3  Shepard  (Isaac-  and  Elizabeth  Fuller,  Thomas1) 
m.  Nov.  30,  1736,  Mindwell,  b.  Feb.  26,  1717,  dau.  of  Ebenezer 
and  Mindwell  (Stone)  Woodward,  of  Newton,  Mass.;  was 
converted  at  Brookline  under  the  preaching  of  Mr.  Whitefield, 
and  in  1746  v/as  called  to  preach  to  the  Baptist  congregation 
at  Attleborough,  where  he  died.  He  made  many  tours  through 
the  neighboring  towns  assisting  other  pastors,  being  a  man  of 
a  beautiful  spirit,  and  an  earnest  and  efficient  pastor.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  the  early  efforts  which  led  to  the  establishing 
of  Brown  University,  although  it  was  not  finally  effected  until 
after  his  death.  Dr.  Backus,  the  historian  of  the  Baptists  of 
New  England,  wrote  a  sketch  of  his  life  and  death.  At  the 
marriage  of  Dr.  Backus,  Mr.  Shepard  performed  the  religious 
part  of  the  ceremony,  when  the  groom  himself  preached  a 
sermon.  Nathaniel  Shepard's  will  was  dated  Apr.  13, 1757,  and 
proved  May  18.     Children:       I 

i.    Jonathan  Shb'pard,  b.  Sept.  24,  1737. 
ii.    Nathaniel  Shepard,  b.  Feb.  27,  1739. 

iii.    Eleanor  Shepard,  b.  Oct.  7, 1740,  of  whom  nothing  more  is  known. 
iv.     Ebenezer  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  12,  1742. 

These  three  sons  moved  to  New  London,  N.  H. 
v.    Mindwell  Shepard,  b.  Nov.  14,  1743  ;  m.  Dea.  Robinson,  of  Attle- 
borough.   Her  son  Otis  Robinson,  and  her  grandion  of  the  same 
name,  were  Baptist  ministers. 
vi.     Isaac  Shepard,  b.  Sept.  15, 1745;  lived  in  Needham. 
vii.     Elizabeth  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  20,  1747  ;  m.  Mr.  Parks, 
viii.     Jacob  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  13,  174S,  d.  Apr.  6,  1827. 
ix.     Hannah  Shepard,  b.  Sept.  1,  1750;  m.  Dea.  Stanley,  of  Attlebor- 
ough. 
x.    Samuel  Shepard,  b.  June  24,  1752. 

Jacob4  Shepard  (Nathaniel*  and  Mindwell  Woodward,  Isaac,' 
Thomas1)^  after  his  father's  death,  lived  with  his  grandfather 
Woodward  in  Newton,  in  the  old  homestead,  which  is  still 
inhabited  by  members  of  the  same  family,  where  he  grew  up 
among  his  cousins  and  second  cousins,  the  Woodwards,  Fullers. 
W'ards,  Jacksons  and  others.     Pie  became  an  architect,  when 


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that  meant  to  be  also  a  practical  builder.  He  built  churches, 
schoolhouses  and  bridges,  which  then  were  considered  models 
and  were  widely  copied.  When  twenty-one  he  moved  to  Stur- 
bridge,  where  he  was  for  many  years  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
Church.     He  m.  Dec.  15,  1773,  Patience  Holbrook.    Children  : 

i.    Lemuel  Shepard,  b.  Feb.  13,  1775,  d.  soon. 
ii.    Lucy  Shepard,  b.  Sept.  8,  1777  ;  m.  1800,  Alpha  Morse  and  lived 

in  Southbridge ;  d.  May  13,  1832. 
iii.    Jacob  Shepard,  b.  Mar.  5,  1779;   m.  Alis  Simonds  and  lived  in 

Sturbridge ;  d.  July  24,  1872. 
iv.    Simeon  Shepard,  b.  May  31,  1782;  m.  Aseneth  Simonds;  lived  in 
Henrietta,  Lorain  Co.,  0.;  d.  June  16,  1S6-4. 
v.    Levi  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  9, 1784;  m.  1807,  Sophia  Barnum ;  moved 
to  Brownhelm,  Lorain  Co.,  O.,  in  1817 ;  d.  Mar.  20, 1879. 

Patience  Shepard  d.   Dec.   15,   1784.     Jacob  m.   (2)   Grace 
Perry,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Martha  (Morse)  Perry,  of  Stur- 
bridge, also  descended  from  the  grandfather  of  John  Adams, 
from  the  Phillipses,  the  Frarys,  the  Hancocks,  etc.     Children  : 
vi.    Salmon  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  3,  1786,  d.  soon. 

vii.  Martha  Shepard,  b.  July  7, 1788;  m.  (1)  1824,  Olaf  Barrie ;  moved 
to  Henrietta,  O.  Olaf  Barrie  d.  1826;  m.  (2)  1835,  Dea.  Francis 
West;  lived  in  Benin,  O.;  d.  1863.     Children  : 

I.    Samuel  Shepard  Barrie,  b.  1825;  m.  Caroline  Seaver  in  1859;  home, 
Montvale,  N.  J.    Children; 

1.  Agnes  Barrie,  b.  J3M53;  m.  C.  H.  Taft  (wholesale  druggist,  New- 

York  ;  home,  Mont  Clair,  N.  J.    Child,  Charles  Taft,  b.  1891. 

2.  Randolph  Seaver  Barrie,  b.  1868;  m.  Lucy  Tibbals :  home, 

Ridgewood,  N.  J.;  commission  merchant,  New  York  Produce 
Exchange.    Child,  Helen  Barrie,  b.  1892. 

3.  Martha  Barrie;  home,  Brooklyn;   teaches  drawing  in  the 

Brooklyn  Public  Schools. 
II.    Francis  Olaf  Bakrie,  b.  18—,  attended  Denison  University  in  1S-16-7; 
m.  in  1850,  Cordelia  Van  Benschoter.    Children; 

1.  Evanstein  Barrie,  b.  Apr.  16,1860;  home,  Canton,  O, ;  mer- 

chant. 

2.  Mayone  Dee  Barrie,  b.  Sept.  12, 1872. 

viii.     Philemon  Shepard,  b.  May  29, 1790,  in  Sturbridge,  d.  Osawatomie, 
Kan.,  Sept.  9,  1872. 
ix.    Patience  Shepard,  b.  July  24,  1791;  m.  in  1816,  Jonathan  Ellis  ; 
moved  to  Henrietta,  O.,  in  1832 ;  d.  Dec.  1,  1844.     Child : 

I.    Jane  Ellis,  b.  1816,  d.  1P00,  in  St.  Paul;  m.  in  1835,  Durand  Powos,  of 
Henrietta,  who  d.  in  Wisconsin  in  1861.    Children ; 

1.  Theodore  Simeon  Powers,  b.  Oct.  4,  1836 :  m.  in  Toma,  Wis., 

in  1861,  Emma  Bush ;  home,  Grand  Rapids.  Minn. ;  mer. 
chant.  Children:  William  Judson Powers,  b.  1863 ;  m.  Aug. 
5.  1896,  Orfa  I,  Wilsey,  b.  Mapleton,  Iowa,  Sept.  17,  1876: 
child,  Emily  Marguerite,  b.  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  Oct.  20.  1898  ; 
home,  Grand  Rapids;  merchant.  Herbert  Durand  Towers, 
b.Tomah,  Wis..  Oct.  10,  1864:  m.  Aujr.  12,  1891,  Anna  B.  Siers, 
b.  Faribault,  Minn..  Oct.  4.  187."> ;  children,  William  Herbert, 
b.  Grand  Rapids,  Minn..  Mar.  8,  189:>,  and  Alonzo Durand,  b. 
Feb.  15,  is%;  home,  Grand- Rapids;  merchant. 

2.  Celestia  Vkrnkra  Powers,  b.  Oct.  2, 1S3S :  m.  in  1866,  in  North 

Adams.  Mass.,  William  McKay,  d.  Apr.  19,  1891,  in  Camden, 
N.J.  Children  :  Charles  Ray  McKay,  b.  North  Adams,  1869; 
graduated  from  Johns  Hopkins  in  in'J.j:  home,  Cincinnati  ; 
business,  electrical  engineering;  has  a  child,  Barbara  Mc- 
Kay, b.  1899.  Archibald  McKay,  b.  North  Adams.  1872; 
home,  Rochester,  N.  Y.;  contractor:  is  married.  Florence 
McKay,  b.  salt  Lake  City,  ls78;  home,  New  Jersey. 


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3.  Alonzo  Joseph  Powers,  b.  Henrietta,  Sept.  13,  1&10;  m.  in 

Sparta,  Wis.,  18f>2,  Mary  Gillette;  home,  Minneapolis;  mer- 
.       .  cnant.    Child,  Frederick  Eugene  Powers,  b.  Sparta,  in  18C5; 

home,  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  merchant;  is  married. 

4.  Letitia  Sophronia  Powers,  b.  Henrietta,  May  4. 1843  ;  m.  Mav 

2, 1864,  in  Sparta,  Wis.,  Iheodore  Gillette;  home,  South  Iv..-,'- 
adena,  Gal.  Children:  Halbert  Powers  Gillette,  b.  Wayeriv, 
Iowa,  Aug.  5,  laOD;  graduated  from  Columbia  University  in 
1892;  home,  New  York  City;  business,  mining  engineering ; 
connected  with  the  Engineering  News;  has  written  three 
books  on  engineering  subjects;  is  married.  Walter  Arthur 
Gillette,  b.  Waverly,  Iowa,  Dec.  27,  1872;  graduated  from 
Washington  College,  Tacoma;  home,  South  Pasadena;  bus- 
iness, real  estate ;  is  married. 

5.  Eugene  Francis  Poweps,  b.  Kenosha,  Wis.,  Nov.  17,1844;  m. 

in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  1879,  Florence  Gamble  ;  home,  Minne- 
apolis; merchant. 

6.  Judson  Durand  Powers,  b.  Port  Washington,  Wis.,  Mar.  10, 

1846;  m.  in  Iowa,  in  1870,  Jennie  Weed;  home,  Grand  Rap- 
ids, Minn.  ;  merchant. 

7.  Stanley  Shepard  Powers,  b.  Port  Washington,  Oct.  15, 1S4S; 

home,  San  Francisco  ;  merchant. 

8.  Lyndon  Dennis  Powers,  b.  Port  Washington,  Sept.  14,1850; 

m.  in  Chicago,  in  1S89,  Nellie  Watkins ;  home,  Chicago; 
merchant.  Children  :  Lyndon  Watkins  Powers,  b.  Chicago, 
1S90.    Lillian  Watkins  Powers,  b.  1892. 

9.  Jennie  Ophelia  Powers,  b.  Port  Washington,  Jan.  24, 1854 ;  m. 

in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Oct.  _2, 1879,  Job's  Black :  home.  Belling 
ham.  Wash.  Child,  John  Cecil  Black,  b.  Elkton,  Dakota, 
Dec.  17, 1882;  student  at  the  State  University  of  California. 

x.  Mindwell  Shepard,  b.  Sturb  ridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  7,  1796;  moved  to 
Ohio  in  1833  ;  m.  Jan.  30, 1834,  Gideon  Waugh  ;  d.  Aug.  29, 187S. 
Child: 

I.    Minerva  M.  Waugh,  b.  Camden,  O.,  Oct.  9,  1836;  m.  Aug.  26,  1837, 
Silas  C.  French ;  d,  Apr.  26,  19GL,    Children  : 

1.  Alvah  J.  French,  b.  Osage,  Iowa,  May  21,1858:  in.  Blanche 

Barney,  b.  Berlin,  Apr.  28, 18(^5;  home,  Wakeman,  O.;  fanner 
and  stockman.  Children:  Lucy  French,  b.  July  21,  18S7; 
Lawton  B.  French,  b.  Apr.  25,  1891  ;  Leland  Shepard  French, 
b.  Aug.  7, 1893 ;  Dorothy  French,  b.  Apr.  25,  1900. 

2.  Etta  M.  French,  b.  Wakeman.  O.,  Nov.  19, 1859;  m.  Feb.  13, 

18SS.  Ellsworth  Eenham  ;  home,  Chicago;  a  teacher  in  the 
Public  Schools.  Child,  Robert  E.  Benham,  b.  Lebanon.  O., 
Sept.  28, 1889,  d.  Jan.  20,  1890. 

3.  Elsie  Janet  French,  b.  Wakeman,  Nov.  16. 1S61 ;  is  a  teacher 

in  the  Public  Schools  of  Chicago  ;  writes  for  the  magazines, 
aud  versifies  for  cantatas  and  other  musical  compositions. 

4.  Silas  H.  French,  b.  Dec.  18,  1863;    m.  Oct.  2.  1889.  Villa  E. 

Spore:  homo,  Wakeman:  farmer  and  stockman.  Children: 
Silas  Clinton  French,  b.  Julv  13,  1890.  d.  Apr.  4, 1S96 ;  Lester 
G.  French,  b.  Sept;  28,  1391 ;  George  Elbert  French,  b.  Apr.  », 
1896,  d.  Feb.  2'J,  1397  ;  Lillian  French.,  b.  Oct.  28,  189S. 

5.  Mary  Estelle  French,  b.  Feb,  4, i860,  d.  Sept.  23, 1870. 

6.  Elbert  Claire  French,  b.  July  10,  1873,  d.  Sept.  1,  1905;  m. 

June 20, 1900,  Ethel  Beecher.  Children:  Ethelberta  French, 
b.  June  23,  1901 ;  Winthrop  French,  b.  June  22,  1903. 

7.  Lillian  French,  b.  Oct.  6,  1875;  studied  music  at  Oberlin  and 

abroad;  teaches  music  in  the  Northwestern  University,  i  n«| 
in  the  Sherwood  School  of  Music,  Chicago;  sings  in  Sinai 
Temple,  and  travels  throughout  the  country  as  soloist  i» 
oratorio,  and  recital ;  m.  June  21. 1900,  John  T.  Read.  Ci  '-• 
Cyrus  Thielkeld,  b.  Chicago,  June  8,  1901 ;  heme,  Chicago. 

xi.  Samuel  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  15, 1799 ;  in.  Almira  Holman;  lived  in 
Sturbridge. 

xii.  Keziah  Shepabd,  b.  Apr.  3,  1802;  m.  Collier  Hemmingway ;  d. 
Ail?.  11,  1S34.  Moved  to  Ohio  in  1831.  Child,  Henry,  b.  1*34, 
d.  1841. 

Simeon5  Shepard  (Jacob*  and  Patience  Holbrook,  Nathaniel,' 
Isaac?  Thomas'),  b.  May  31,  1782  ;   m.  Sept.  27,  1815,  Aseneth 


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Simonds  ;  moved  to  Henrietta,  Lorain  County,  O.,  in  1834  ;  d. 

June  16,  1864.     Children  : 

i.    Jacob  Shepard,  b.  in  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1817  ;  m.  Sept.  11, 
1840,  Sally  Gould  ;  d.  Dec.  17,  1890;  she  d.  Apr.  17, 1892.   Child: 
I.    Lizzie  Elsie  Shepard,  b.  Nov.  17,1800;  m.  Andred  Jackson  Kelley, 

ild 


Jan.  1,  18Sr>:  home.  North  Amherst,  O.  Children:  Harrie  Gould 
Kelley,  b.  Nov.  25. 1885  ,  Carrie  Mabel  Kelley,  b.  Nov.  13, 1887;  Mar- 
ion Elsie  Kelley,  b.  May  14, 1895. 

ii.    Lucy  Shepard,  b.  1819 ;  m.  1838,  George  W.  Sizer.    Child : 
I.    Aseneth  Sizer;  m.  Charles  Sherman. 

iii.    Oliver  Shepard,  b.  1821 ;  m.  Abigail  Hine ;  lived  in  Iowa ;  d.  1891. 
Children : 

I.    Bxth  Shepard,  b.  1852. 
II.    Lucy  Shepard,  b.  1854. 

iv.    Askneth  Shepard,  b.  1823. 

v.  Simeon  Alansox  Shepard,  b.  1825  ;  m.  1846,  Lydia  Maxon.  He 
moved  to  Wisconsin;  d.  1891.  Home  of  Mrs.  Lydia  (Maxon) 
Shepard,  Rhinelander,  Wis.     Children : 

I.  Mary  Eliza  Shepard,  b.  1847;  m.  Mr.  Porter;  home,  Forest  Greve, 
Ore.  Children:  Ray  Porter,  d.;  Albert  Porter,  home  Gaston,  Ore., 
teacher:  Frederick  Porter,  home  Gaston,  teacher;  Philip  Porter, 
Forest  Grove,  teacuti ;  Liliio  Porter,  m.  Mr.  Lux'on,  home  Somona. 
Cal. 

II.    Edwin  Adelbert  Shepard,  b.  1851 :  home,  Rhinelander,  Wis.:  m. . 

Children:  Mary  Lydia  Shepard,  b.  1884;  Elizabeth  J.  Shepard,  b. 
1886;  William  Shepard.  b.  1890;  Edwin  Eugene  Shepard,  b.  1897: 
Charles  Everett  Shepard,  b.  1899. 

III.  Eugene  Simeon  Shepard  ,  b.  1852;  moved  to  Rhinelander,  WTis.,  in 
1882;  has  served  as  Assessor,  Register  of  Deeds,  County  Surveyor, 
County  Clerk,  and  also  as  Secretary  of  the  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion ;  m. .    Children:    Claude  Eugene  Shepard,  b.  1877  ;  Laton 

Shepard,  b.  1891. 

IV.  William  Lloyd  Shepard,  d.  aged  12. 

vi.     Sarah  Shepard,  b.  1827 ;  m.  John  Sales ;  moved  to  Iowa.     Child : 
I.    Alice  Sales,  b.  1858. 

Levi5  Shepard  (Jacob*  and  Patience  Holbrook,  Nathaniel? 
Isaac,'1  Thomas1),  b.  Dec.  9,  1784,  d.  Brownhelm,  O.,  Mar.  20, 
1879;  m.  (1)  in  1807,  in  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Sophia  Barnum, 
d.  1840;  m.  (2)  at  Brownhelm,  O.,  Mrs.  Ruth  Hine,  d.  1849; 
m.  (3)  at  Medina,  O.,  Mrs.  Betsey  Lindsley,  d.  Feb.  26,  186S  ; 
moved  to  Brownhelm,  O.,  in  1817,  being  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers ;  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  there  for  fifty 
years.     Children : 

i.     Sarah  Shepard,  b.  1808,  d.  1S64;  m.  in  1S30,  Henry  Hart;  lived  in 
Brownhelm.     Children : 

I.    Henrietta  Hart,  b.  1830.  d.  1851 ;  m.  1848,  Chester  Curtis.    Children: 

Levi  Curtis,  b.  1849;  Henrietta  Curtis,  b.  1S5Q. 
II.    Eliza  Hart,  b.  1832  :  m   1850,  William  Moulton;  home,  Collinwood,  O. 

Children  :    William  Moulton,  b.  1857  ;  Carrie  Moulton,  b.  1S59. 
HI.    Levi  Hart,  b.  isr,4,  d.  soon. 

IV.  Harriett  Sophia  Hai:t;  b.  Jan.  2, 1838,  d.  Jan.  9,  1896;  m.  Jan.  1,1802, 
Theodore  B.  Rogers;  home,  Ridgevillc,  O.    Children: 

1.  Clara  Rogers;  m.  Mr.  Terrell ;  home,  Findlay,  O. 

2.  EblTH  Rogf.rs;  m.  Mr.  Kenyon;  home,  San  Francisco. 
8.    Harry  Rookks;  home,  Wellington,  O. 

4.  Puny  Rogers;  home.  Belden,  O. 

5.  Dwight  Rogers;  home,  Beach  Park,  O. 


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V.    Adalaide  Hart,  b.  1810,  d.  soon. 

VI.    Sarah  Hart,  b.  Apr.  17, 1844  ;  m.  Dec.  22, 1872,  William  Fee. 
VII.    Abbik  Hart,  b.  1845 ;   m.  1865,  Winton  Smith ;   home,  Boulder,  Colo. 
Child,  Frank  Smith. 

VIII.    Emma  Hart,  b.  Mar.  18,  1851;   m.  Dec.  23, 1873,  Charles  Hill;  home, 
Denver,  Colo. 

ii.  Levi  Shepard,  b.  1822  ;  m.  1852,  Delia  Brown,  of  Sandusky  ;  moved 
to  Georgetown,  Colo.,  where  he  served  as  Probate  Judge  for 
many  years.     Child : 

I.    Omer  Shepard,  b.  1840 ;  lived  in  Burlington,  Iowa. 

iii.    Lorin  Shepard,  b.  1S24;  m.  1849,  Harriet  Cooper;  lived  in  Water- 
loo, Iowa.     Children : 
I.    Phoebe  Shepard,  b.  1850. 
II.    Frank  Shepard,  b.  1853. 

III.  Charles  Shepard,  b.  185G. 

IV.  Levi  Shepard,  b.  1858. 

Philemon5  Shepard  (Jacobx  and  Grace  Perry,  Nathaniel,3 
Isaac?  Thomas^)  was  a  successful  teacher  both  in  Massachusetts 
and  Ohio.  He  had  also  much  local  celebrity  as  a  musician,  being 
a  singer,  performer,  composer,  and  choir  and  chorus  leader. 
In  1820  he  established  the  first  Sunday  School  in  Sturbndge. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  there,  and 
chairman  of  the  same  for  several  years.  During  the  War  of 
1812  he  was  a  minute  man,  armed  and  equipped  and  ready  to 
start  at  a  moment's  notice,  but  was  never  called  out. 

In  1832  he  moved  to  Henrietta,  Lorain  Co.,  O.,  in  the  West- 
ern Reserve,  where  his  brother  Levi  had  preceded  him  in  1817. 
There  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life,  except  that  he  died  at  the 
home  of  his  son  Elon,  in  Osawatomie,  Kan.,  where  he  is  buried. 

He  established  the  Lorain  Baptist  Sunday  School  Union,  of 
which  he  was  president  for  twelve  years.  He  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  Henrietta  Sunday  School  for  twenty  years,  treasurer 
of  the  Lorain  Baptist  Association  for  seventeen  years,  and 
deacon  of  the  Henrietta  Church  for  thirty-five  years  ;  for  many 
years,  also,  he  was  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

He  was  much  interested  in  Denison  University,  working  for 
it  and  giving  to  it,  while  his  house  was  always  a  home  for  the 
agents  of  the  school.  He  has  been  characterized  as  "a  grand 
old  Christian  gentleman." 

In  I860  he  and  six  of  his  brothers  and  sisters  were  visiting 
together,  when  it  was  estimated  that  their  united  ages  amounted 
to  500  years  within  a  few  months. 

On  Sept.  23, 1S16,  Philemon  m.  Betsey  Barnes,  of  Brookfield, 
b.  June  28,  17S9,  d.  July  12,  1873,  a  dau.  of  William  and  Lucy 
Barnes,  being  also  descended  from  the  Oldses,  Peases,  Good- 
enows,  Howes  and  Bents.     Children  : 


1006.]  Shepard  of  Henrietta,  Lorain  Co.,  0.  57 


i.    Vernera  SnErARD,  b.  July  11,  1817,  d.  young. 
ii.    Elizabeth  Shepard,  b.  July  19,  1819,  d.  young. 
iii.    William  Carey  Shepard,  b.  Apr.  G,  1822,  at  Sturb ridge,  d.  Feb.  2, 

1900. 
iv.    Elon  Galusia  Shepard,  b.  July  4,  1826;  m.  Amarilla  Washburn, 
of  Burlington,  Vt. ;  lived  in  Henrietta ;  d.  June  3, 1871.    Chil- 
dren: 

I.  Heman  Washburn  Shepard,  b.  Apr.  6, 1852,  at  Henrietta,  O. ;  lived  in 
Kansas;  d.  Apr.  6,  1901,  in  Henrietta,  on  his  47th  birthday;  m.  Ida 
Virginia  Reed,  b.  Clearfield.  Pa.,  Sept.  3,  1859;  home,  Elvria.  Chil- 
dren ;  Bertha  Evelyn  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  25, 1887 :  Chester  Walter  Shep- 
ard. b.  Oct:  16,  I88y ;  Rose  Elizabeth  Shepard,  b.  Sept.  27,  1892  ;  Stan- 
;  ley  Ralph  Shepard,  b.  Apr.  25,  1895;  Hilda  Marie  Shepard,  b.  Jan. 

19,1897. 

II.  Stanley  Powers  Shepard.  b.  at  Henrietta.  Feb.  10, 1855;  until  1905 
lived  there  ;  farmer  and  seed  raiser  ;  for  many  years  Postmaster,  and 
.  .  .  deacon  of  the  Henrietta  Baptist  Church;  home,  Fresno,  Cal.;  m. 
May  9, 1881,  Mollie  R.  Long,  b.  Aug.  3.  1S57.  Children ;  Grace  Eliz- 
abeth Shepard,  b,  Apr.  29,  1882;  m.  Sept.  5,  1904,  James  Hesser; 
home,  Kipton,  O.  Flora  May  Shepard,  b.  May  20, 1884;  Harold  Elon 
Shepard,  b.  June  22,  188(5. 

-  in.    Waldo  P.  Shepard,  b.  Oct.  9,  1858:   in.  (1)  May  16,  1883,  Luella  May 
Twiss,  b.  Dumbarton,  X.  H.,  Feb.  4,  1857,  d.  Elvria,  O.,  Apr.  15,  1897; 
.    .  m.  (2)  Mar.  3, 1398,  in  Elvria,  Lizzie  A.  Upton,  b".  Haydersville,  Mass., 

Jan.  29, 1856;  home,  Elvria  :  dairyman.  Children:  Gertrude  Abbie 
Shepard,  b.  LaPorte,  Feb.  28,  lz$b';  Carroll  Twis  •  Shepard,  l>.  Jap.  2? , 
1890;  Andrew  Leslie  Shepard,  b.  June  4,  1S91;  Harlan  Washburn 
Shepard,  b.  Nov.  19, 1S92. 
IV.  Charles  Shepard,  b.  in  Henrietta,  Julv  11,  1S61;  m.  Alice  Shirk: 
home,  Pond  Creek,  Oklahoma.    Child,  Cleo  Letha,  b,  1892. 

William  Carey6  Shepard  {Philemon*  and  Betsey  Barnes, 
Jacob*  Nathaniel*  Isaac?  T/iomas1)  was  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass., 
Apr.  6,  1822  ;  moved  to  Ohio  1832  ;  graduated  from  Denison 
University  1848  ;  pastor  at  Bucyrus,  O.,  1848-51  ;  A.  M.  1851  ; 
pastor  at  Henrietta,  O.,  1851-5,  at  Wasioja,  Minn.,  1855-70  ; 
after  that  he  lived  in  Granville,  O.,  acting  as  associational  mis- 
sionary and  preaching  to  surrounding  churches,  dying  there 
on  Feb.  2,  1900.  He  studied  theology  at  Oberlin,  although  he 
did  not  graduate.  In  Minnesota  he  did  a  great  deal  for  edu- 
cation and  organized  several  churches.  He  was  the  principal 
support  of  an  academy  at  Wasioja,  which  finally  developed 
into  the  Pillsbury  Academy  at  Owatonna.  He  served  for  ten 
years  as  Town  Treasurer,  but  refused  a  nomination  to  the  State 
Legislature. 

On  July  12,  1849,  he  m.  Mary  Hughes,  dau.  of  Rowland  and 
Gainor  Hughes,  b.  Feb.  24,  1822,  at  Carnarvonshire,  Wales,  in 
the  old  family  home  known  as  "Ty  Mawr"  ;  d.  Granville,  Aug. 
HU904.     Children: 

i.    Vinton  Randall  Shepard,  b.  May  11.  1850,  at  Bucyrus. 
ii.    Lindon  Marshall  Shepard,  b..  Jan.  13.  1852,  at  Henrietta,  O.  ; 
graduated  at  Denison  1877;  was  on  the  s-talF  of  the  Daily  Times-. 
Star,  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  agent  of  the  Associated  Press ;  d.,  unm., 
in  Kinsley  Kan.,  Nov.  21,  1SSS. 
iii.    Kate  Vekneka  Shepard,  b.  Mar.  21,  1851. 


58  Shepard  of  Henrietta,  Lorain  Co.,  0.  [Jan., 


iv.  Florence  Augusta  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  8,  18-59,  in  Wasioja,  Minn. ; 
graduated  from  the  Young  Ladies'  Institute,  Granville,  1879; 
studied  at  Denison  and  at  the  University  of  Cincinnati ;  taught 
several  years;  d.,  unm.,  Mar.  30,  1892. 

Vinton  Randall7  Shepard  ( William*  and  Mary  Hughes, 
Philemon?  Jacob?  Nathatiiel?  Isaac?  Thomas1)  graduated  from 
Denison  1876  ;  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Cincinnati  Commer- 
cial 1876-83,  Commercial  Gazette  1883-91  ;  since  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Cincinnati  Court  Index,  and  since  1903  editor  and 
publisher  of  the  Ohio  Law  Reporter.  Since  1898  a  trustee  of 
Denison  University. 

On  June  11, 1879,  he  m.  Una  Booth,  of  North  Fairfield,  O.,  b. 
Oct.,  1856,  dau.  of  Isaac  W.  and  Jane  (Brown)  Booth.  Home, 
Wyoming,  O.     Children : 

i.    Levi  Lee  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  30, 1881,  in  Cincinnati ;  graduated  from 

Denison  University  1905.    In  business  -with  his  father. 
ii.    Genevieve  Booth  Shepard,  b.  July  25,  1883 ;  student  at  Denison. 
iii.    William  Hughes  Shepard,  b.  Aug.  12, 1885;  student  at  Denison, 
iv.     "Wade  Phillips  Shepard,  b.  Dec.  16,  1891. 
v.    Vinton  Rowland  Shepard,  b.  Sept.  20, 1900. 

Kate  Vernera7  Shepard  {William*  and  Mary  Hughes,  Phil- 
emon? Jacob?  Nathaniel?  Isaac?  Thomas1)  graduated  from  the 
Young  Ladies'  Institute  1872 ;  a  teacher  in  Granville  until 
1879  ;  A.  M.  from  Shepardson  College  1900  ;  taught  history 
and  history  of  art  in  Pennsylvania  College  for  Women,  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  1901-02  ;  since  1903  librarian  in  Denison  University. 
President  of  the  Granville  Centennial  Association,  and  of  the 
Society  of  Alumnae  of  Shepardson  College.  She  m.  July  31. 
1879,  Nahum  Hines,  b.  Aug.  30, 1852,  son  of  Joseph  and  Esther 
(Gray)  Hines,  of  Stafford,  O.  ;  graduated  from  Denison  1870  ; 
pastor  at  Olathe,  Kan.,  1S7S-S0  ;  graduated  from  Roches: cr 
Theological  Seminary  1S83  ;  pastor  at  Webster,  N.  Y.,  1883-4  : 
professor  in  Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  Richmond,  Va., 
1884-7  ;  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  10,  1890.     Child  : 

i.  Cecil  Shepard. Hines,  b.  Olathe,  Kan.,  May  24,  1880;  graduated 
from  Doane  Academy  1899,  from  Denison  University  ll'-'- 
taught  French  and  Mathematics  in  Lenox  College,  Hopkint«>n. 
Iowa,  1902-04;  A.  M.,  Columbia,  1905;  instructor  of  Biology  i" 
Joliet,  111. 


SHEPARDSON— A  FAMILY  STORY. 

By  Francis  W.  Shepardson,  Ph.  D. 

SOMETIME  in  the  year  1628-9,  from  what  ship  no  record 
remains  to  tell,  Daniel  Shepardson  landed  at  Salem, 
Mass.,  being  one  of  a  numerous  company  who  sought 
homes  in  America  at  that  period  of  English  history.  A 
tradition  indicates  that  he  was  accompanied  by  his  brother, 
John,  who  was  very  soon  killed  in  a  dispute  by  a  spade  thrown 
at  him  by  an  adversary.  The  location  of  "Old  Naumkeag" 
did  not  suit  some  of  the  immigrants,  who  moved  to  Charles- 
town,  where  Daniel  Shepardson  is  recorded  as  a  citizen  in  1632. 
He  was  not  one  of  the  wealthy  members  of  the  Puritan  body, 
but  was  a  craftsman,  a  blacksmith  by  trade. 

"Since  the  birth  of  time,  throughout  all  ages  and  nations, 
Has  the  craft  of  the  smith  been  held  in  repute  by  the  people." 

He  was  not  an  educated  man,  but  he  had  so  much  company 
in  that  plight  among  the  early  Americans,  that  it  is  not  spe- 
cially to  his  discredit  that  his  will  is  acknowledged  by  a  cross, 
with  "the  marke  of  Daniell  Sheopardson"  beneath  it.  Like 
most  of  the  Puritans  he  was  intensely  superstitious,  a  believer 
in  signs  and  omens,  and  when  one  day,  as  he  was  working  at 
his  forge,  a  stone  fell  from  it  and  crumbled  into  powder,  he 
recognized  the  evil  portent  and  gave  to  his  wife  the  nails  which 
he  was  just  making,  saying,  "They  will  come  in  handy  some 
day."  The  nails  were  kept,  and  when  he  died,  26  July,  1644, 
they  were  used  in  the  making  of  his  coffin. 

He  had  a  comfortable  home  with  three  acres  of  ground 
around  it,  his  blacksmith  shop,. and  fifty  acres  of  pasture  and 
meadow  land,  scattered  here  and  there,  so  that  his  widow, 
Joanna,  who  had  the  use  of  the  property  during  her  lifetime, 
was  quite  well  fixed  for  a  woman  of  the  day.  His  family  com- 
prised a  son,  Daniel,  and  two  daughters,  Lydia  and  Joanna.      , 

When  the  children  were  ready  to  marry,  Daniel  married 
Elizabeth  Call  ;  his  sister,  Lydia,  married  Elizabeth's  brother, 
Thomas  Call,  Jr. ;  and  after  the  death  of  their  father,  their 
mother,  Joanna  Shepardson,  married  the  father  of  the  Call 
children,  Thomas  Call,  Sr.,  so  that  the  relationships  became  a 
little  mixed. 

The  second  Daniel  followed  the  trade  of  his  father,  making 
his  home  at  Maiden,  Mass.,  perhaps  moving  later  to  Atlie- 
boro.  He  had  three  sons,  the  eldest  of  course  being  named 
Daniel.  John  and  Nathaniel  lived  to  have  families  of  their 
own,  but  the  third  Daniel  was  a  soldier,  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Ninth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  who  went  to  Canada  in  1(390 
and  was  never  heard  of  again,  a  type  of  many  who  perished  in 

59 


60  Shepardson.  [Jan., 


the  colonial  wars  of  the  English  against  the  French.  Daniel 
the  father  lived  to  be  quite  old,  and  as  "Old  Goodman  Daniel 
Shepardson"  figured  to  some  extent  in  the  courts.  In  some 
way  his  property  became  involved,  and  was  saved  after  consid- 
erable outlay. 

Nathaniel  Shepardson,  of  Attleboro,  Mass.,  represented  the 
third  generation.  His  wife  was  named  Mary,  and  his  children 
were  at  least  five  in  number,  recognized  in  the  town  records 
as  "Shepparson,"  "Shepperson"  and  "Sheppardson"  in  addition 
to  the  family  accepted  "Shepardson."  Two  of  the  children 
were  Jonathan,  and  his  brother  John,  four  years  younger. 
Jonathan  married  Abigail  Fuller,  and  moved  away  from  Attle- 
boro to  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  and  later  to  Templeton,  Mass. 
John  married  Abigail  Richardson,  and  moved  to  Ash  Swamp, 
Conn.  These  two  lines  are  indicated,  because  of  a  question 
often  asked  in  Granville,  "What  relation  is  'Deacon'  Shepard- 
son to  'Doctor'  Shepardson?"  The  genealogical  history  of 
these  families  follows : 

1.  Daniel  Shepardson.  blacksmith  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  coming  from 
Salem.     Admitted  to  the  Church  in  Charlestown  8  June,  1633.     Removed 

to  Maiden,  where  he  died  26  July,  1644.    His  wife  was  Joanna ,  maiden 

name  and  date  of  marriage  unknown.  She  survived  her  husband  and  mar- 
ried (2)  Thomas  Call,  Sr.     She  died  30  January,  1661.     Children: 

i.    Lvdia  Shepardson,  bapt.  24  July,  1637 ;  m.  (1)  Thomas  Call,  Jr.;  (2)  Thomas 
Skinner.    Child,  Joanna. 

2.  ii.    Daniel  Shepardson,  bapt.  14  June,  1641. 

iii.    Joanna  Shepardson.  bapt.  13  March,  1642;  m.  November,  16+i,  Roger  Kennieut 
of  Maiden,  and  later  removed  to  Swanzey.   Children,  Joanna,  Lydia  and  John. 

2.  Daniel  Shepardson  (Daniel1)  succeeded  his  father  as  blacksmith  at 
Maiden.  He  was  a  freeman  of  Middlesex  County,  Mass.,  29  May,  1674,  and 
took  the  oath  of  fidelity  15  December,  1674.  He  married,  11  April,  166S, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Call,  Sr.,  and  widow  of  Mr.  Samuel  Ting- 
ley  of  Maiden.  Toward  the  end  of  life  he  moved  to  Attleboro,  where  lie 
was  known  as  "old  goodman  Daniel  Shepardson."  He  died  11  March,  1601. 
Children : 

i.    Daniel  Shepardson.  bapt.  June,  1669;  lieutenant  in  9th  Mass.  Regt.  against 
Canada  in  1691  and  never  heard  from  afterwards.     He  may  have  married  and 
had  son  John,  b.  22  July,  1685,  d.  15  October,  16S5. 
ii.    John  Shepardson,  bapt.  January,  1671. 

3.  iii.    Nathaniel  Shepardson,  bapt.  28  October,  1680. 

iv.    Elizabeth  Shepardson  ;  m.  Robert  Fuller,  19  January,  1699. 
v.    Mary  Shepardson;  m.  Joseph  Ingraham,  11  April,  170.0. 
vi.    Joanna  Shepardson  ;  m.  John  Fuller,  22  December,  1701. 

3.  Nathaniel  Shepardson  (Daniel,2  Daniel1)  may  have  moved  from 
Attleboro,  Mass.,  to  Kehoboth,  where  two  of  his  children  were  baptized. 

although  all  are  recorded  in  Attleboro.     His  wife  was  Alary .     From 

similarity  ot*  names  and  some. other  circumstances,  he  may  be  the  one 
referred  to  on  page  23G  of  "  Hinmair's  Connecticut  Settlers"  as  "  Nathaniel 
Shippason,  widow  Mary,  of  Hebron,  estate  £207.  He  died  1718.  Child*  •'-] 
were  Jonathan,  Nathaniel,  John,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Mercy,  Joanna,  and 
others."     Children  recorded  in  Attleboro: 

4.  i.    Jonathan  Shepardson,  b.  20  September,  1706. 

ii.    Nathaniel  Shepardson,  b.  26  March,  1708. 

iii.    Elizabeth  shepardson,)  v,  14  «.„  ,-■.„ 
iv.    Mary  shepardson,        j-D.w  May,i/i». 

6.        v.    John  Shepardson,  b.  2~>  June.  1712. 


1906.]  Shepardson.  61 


4.  Jonathan  Shepardson  (Nathaniel,*  Daniel,2  Daniel^)  lived  most  of 
his  life  in  Attleboro,  Mass.,  and  may  have  spent  some  time  in  Cumberland, 
R.  I.,  before  settling  in  Templeton,  Mass.,  where  he  died  in  1790.  He  mar- 
ried in  Attleboro,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Fuller,  who  was 
born  22  April  1717.  Joseph  Shepardson,  who  gathered  extensive  notes 
about  the  family,  all  of  which  were  destroyed  by  fire  before  publication, 
reports  that  Jonathan's  wife,  "Merriam,  died  in  1771  very  aged,"  and  says 
children  were  Jonathan,  born  3  January,  1735,  Nathaniel  and  Joanna.  The 
Attleboro  records  show  no  other  Jonathan  of  this  generation  who  might  be 
confused  with  this  line,  and  show  children : 

i.    Nathaniel  Shepardson,  b.  18  June,  1731 ;  lived  in  Cumberland,  R.  I. 
ii.    Jonathan  Shepardson,  b.  21  May,  1732.  d.  early. 

6.  iii.    Jonathan  Shepardson,  b.  19  January,  1734;  perhaps  d.  early  and  name  given 

to  son  b.  3  January,  1735. 
iv.    Abigail  Shepardson.  b.  17  April,  1736. 
v.    Mary  Shepardson,  b.  10  October,  1743,  d.  30  March,  1745. 
vi.    Mary  Shepardson,  b.  1  May,  1746,  d.  31  March,  1752. 
Perhaps  also : 
vii.    Joanna  Shepardson;  m.  6  December,  1781,  John  Christianmillar. 

5.  John  Shepardson  (Nathaniel,3  Daniel,2  Daniel1)  married  Abigail 
Richardson  and  had  children  born  in  Ash  Swamp,  later  called  Adams, 
Conn.    No  record  of  fhpge  children  except — 

7.  i.    William  Shepardson. 

6.  Jonathan  Shepardson  (Jonathan,*  Nathaniel,3  Daniel,2  Daniel1)  mar- 
ried in  Attleboro,  Mass  ,  Miriam,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  (Carpenter) 
Follett,  who  was  born  11  February,  1733-4.  In  1768  the  family  moved  to 
Templeton,  Mass.,  having  possibly  lived  a  while  in  Cumberland,  R.  I.  They 
removed  in  1790  to  Royalston,  Mass.  They  both  died  the  same  day,  3 
December,  1804.     Children: 

i.  Jonathan  Shepardson,  b.  23  April,  1758. 

ii.  Rebecca  Shfpardson,  b*  30  November,  1759;  m. Pratt. 

iii.  Miriam  Shepardson,  b.  1  September,  17G1. 

iv.  Joanna  Shepardson,  b.  22  February,  1765. 

v.  Rachel  Shepardson,  b.  6  February,  1767. 

vi.  Beulah  Shepardson,  b.  28  May,  1769. 

&  fiSfaSSS^v"- } »■  J™e *• 17n-  *««"  m- — ****** 

ix.    John  Shepardson,  b.  23  October,  1773. 

8.  x.    Daniel  Shepardson,  b.  6  October,  1775. 

>  p.  William  Shepardson  (John,*  Nathaniel,3  Daniel,2  Daniel1)  probably 
lived  in  Ash  Swamp  (or  Adams),  Conn.,  before  removing  to  Vermont. 
Children: 

i.    William  Shepardson.  9.       vi.  Ancel  Shepardson,  b.  14  Janu- 
ii.    Jonathan  Shepardson.                                        ury,  1759. 

iii.    Daniel  Shepardson,  d.  without  vii.  Abigail  Shepardson. 

issue.  viii.  Molly  Shepardson. 

iv.    Isaac  Shepardson.  ix.  Hepsibah  Shepardson. 
v.    Otis  Shepardson. 

8.  Daniel  Shepaedson  (Jonathan,5  Jonathan,*  Nathaniel,3  Daniel,2  Dan- 
id1)  lived  in  Royalston,  Maes.  Farmer.  Married,  9  September,  1801,  Pru- 
dence, daughter  of  David  and  Elizabeth  ( )  Cook.    She  died  24  June, 

1858,  aged  78.     He  died  5  May,  1850.     Children: 

i.    Jonathan  Shepardson,  b.  23  November,  1S02,  d.  IS  January,  1S75. 
ii.    Prudence  Shepardson,  b.  12  August,  1804;  m.  William  Moore;  d.  26  June,  1S77. 
iii.    Lity  Shepardson,  b.  19  April,  1806,  d.  5  June,  1820. 

iv.    Eliza  Shepardson,  b.  4  April,  180S ;  m.  Charles  Moore ;  d. , 

v.    David  Cook  Shepardson.  b.  31  May,  1810,  d"  7  September,  1813. 
vi.    Mii.uk  Shepardson,  b.  25  March,  1812;  m.  George  Moore,  Athol,  Mass.;  d.  1S93. 
10.     vti.    Daniel  Shepardson,  b.  27  July,  1813.. 

viii.    David  Cook  Shepardson,  b.  2  October,  1815,  d.  1R93. 
lx.    John  Shepardson,  b.  12  Anril,  1820.  d.  it  December.  1889. 
x.    Em  Shepardson,  b.  10  September,  1821 ,  d.  5  March,  1896. 


62  Shepardson.  [Jan., 


9.  Ancel  Siiepardson  (William,*  John,*  Nathaniel,3  Daniel,2  Daniel1) 
married,  25  July,  1782,  Charlotte  Colgrove,  who  was  born  20  February, 
17(32,  aud  died  23  February,  1850.  He  died  9  February,  1840.  They  lived 
in  Middletown,  Rutland  County,  Vt.,  and  in  Fairfax,  Franklin  Countv. 
Children: 

i.    Clarissa  Shepardson,  b.  27  January,  1783,  d.  30  August,  1830,  in  Granville,  Ohio, 
ii.    Asa  Shepardson,  b.  12  December,  1784,  d.  14  August,  1842,  in  Delaware  Co.,  Ohio. 
11.      iii.    Daniel  Shepardson,  b.  27  September,  1787. 

iv.    David  Shepardson,  b.  25  October,  1790.  d.  15  December,  1791. 
v.    Ancel  Shepardson,  b.  10  July,  1793,  d.  21  March,  1875,  in  Fairfax,  Vt. 
vi.    Joel  Shepardson,  b.  28  June,  1796,  d.  25  December,  1850,  in  Vermont. 
vii.    Lorinda  Shepardson,  b.  23  April,  1800. 
viii.    CAlista  Shepardson,  b.  10  February,  1806,  d.  13  August,  1861,  in  Alexandria,  O. 

10.  Daniel  Shepardson  (Daniel,*  Jonathan,5  Jonathan,*  Nathaniel,3  Dan- 
iel,2 Danielx),  born  in  Royalston,  Worcester  County,  Mass.,  was  the  first  of 
the  family  name  in  America  to  attend  college,  spending  two  years  at  Am- 
herst College  and  two  years  at  Brown  University.  Alpha  Delta  Phi.  Did 
not  graduate,  but  received  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Granville 
College  (now  Denison  University)  in  1846  and  saiwe  degree  from  Brown 
University  in  18515,  also  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the 
University  of  Lewisburg  (now  Bucknell  University)  in  1872.  Moved  to 
Ohio  in  1841,  traveling  by  stage  to  Albany,  thence  by  packet  boat  on  the 
Krie  Canal  uiirieeu  ua>&  and  nights  to  Buffalo,  theucc  six  more  days  by 
lake  and  Ohio  Cnnal  to  Newark,  Licking  County.  Baptist  minister  in 
Zanesville,  Cincinnati,  Cheviot  and  Piqua.  Principal  of  Woodward  Pligh 
School,  Cincinnati,  1855-1862,  and  for  sixteen  years  member  of  Board  of 
Examiners  and  Inspectors  of  Schools  in  that  city.  Principal  of  the  Young 
Ladies'  Institute,  Granville,  Ohio,  1868-1887,  and  founder  of  Shepardson 
College,  the  women's  department  of  Denison  Universitv.  Member  of  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Denison  University  1S43-1S60  and  18S0-1899.  He  died  in 
Granville,  9  December,  1899.  He  married,  (1)  1840,  in  Sandisfield,  Mass., 
Harriet  S.  Wilcox,  who  died  in  Newark,  Ohio,  August,  1841 ;  (2)  1  Decem- 
ber, 1842,  Harriet  Bestor  Beard  of  Zanesville.  Ohio,  who  died  in  Cincinnati 
9  June,  1853;  (3)  18  June,  1854,  Eliza  Ann,  daughter  of  James  Rogers  and 
Hannah  (Mulloy)  Smart,  who  was  born  21  March,  1835,  in  Orange,  Meig3 
County,  Ohio.     Children: 

i.    Infant  sou,  b.  August,  1S41,  d.  same  month, 
ii.    Mary  Shepardson,  d.  in  infancy. 

iii.    Harriet  Julia  Shepardson,  b.  29  April,  1852;  m.  1  February,  1876,  James  Mur- 
doch of  Oneida,  111.;  d.  9  March,  1&79.    Two  children. 
iv.    Hannah  Shepardson,  b.  28  January,  1855,  d.  20  February,  1855. 
v.    Mary  Ella  Shepardson,  b.  3  May,  1S">6:  m.  28  October,  1882,  H.  Sterling  Pome 

of  Sommers,  Mass.;  now  resides  in  Boston,  Mass.    Six  children. 
Vi.    Eliza  Davis  Shepardson,  b.  26  October,  1858 ;  m.  2fi  October,  1881,  Charles  Alleu 

Marsh  of  Chicago,  111.;  d.  22  April,  18S9.    Four  children. 
vii,    Jo  Hannah  Shepardson,  b.  3  January,  I860  ;  m.  12  December,  1883,  Francis  Wil- 

Thorne  of  Granville,  Ohio;  now  resides  Portsmouth,  Va.    Five  children. 
viii.    Daniel  Shepardson,  b.  2  July,  1861,  d.  15  August.  1861. 
ix.    Francis  Wayland  Shepardson,  b.  15  October,  1862  ;  m.  3  September,  1884,  Cera 

Lenore  Whitcomb  of  Clinton,  Ind. ;   Professor  of  American  History  in  the 

Universitv  of  Chicago. 
x.    George  Defrees  Shepardson,  b-  20  November.  1864  ;  m.  31  August,  1892,  Harriet 

King  of  King's  Mills,  Ohio;  Professor  of  Electrical  Engineering  in  the  Uni- 

vcrsitv  of  Minnesota. 
xi.    Daniel  Shepardson,  b.  I  December,  1868;  m.  27  August;  1S95,  Mary  Belle  Smith 

of  Newark,  Ohio  ;  d.  25  November,  19o5,  in  Honolulu,  H.  I. 
xii.    John  Ernest  Shepardson,  b.  26  October,  1877;  Instructor  in  Science  in  Dixon 

Academy,  Covington,  La. 

11.  Daniel  Shepardson  (Ancel,6  William,5  John,*  Nathaniel,3  Daniel,2 
Daniel1),  born  in  Middletown,  Rutland  County,  Vt,  Millwright  at  Fairfax, 
Vt.  Removed  with  his  family  to  Granville,  Ohio,  September,  1813,  making 
the  journey  in  a  Wiigon  and  being  forty  days  on  the  road.  Served  as  super- 
intendent of  construction  on  Ohio  Canal,  1S2o-0j  constituent  member  of 
Granville  Baptist  Church,  and  deacon  from  its  organization  until  his  death, 


1906.]  Shepardson.  63 

November,  $866.  Member  of  Board  of  Trustees  of  Denisoa  University  1831- 
ist'xi,  and  superintendent  of  construction  of  its  first  buildings.  He  married, 
(1)  t2  July,  1807,  Prudence,  daughter  of  Daniel  Morse  of  Fairfax,  Vt.  She 
was  born  m  Dublin,  N.  H.,  19  September,  1784,  and  died  in  Granville,  Ohio, 
L\)  March,  1835.  (2)  26  November,  1835,  Mrs.  Mary  (Devenney)  Dilley, 
daughter  of  Cornelius  Devenney.  She  was  born  11  April,  1895,  in  Berkeley 
County,  Va.,  and  died  in  Granville,  Ohio,  5  June,  .1850.  (3)  7  July,  1852, 
Mrs.  Pamelia  Barlow,  widow  of  Rev.  Julius  Barlow  of  Fredonia,  Ohio. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife : 

i.    Lucetta  Shepardson,  b.  28  September,  1808;  m.  David  Woods;  lived  in  Wil- 
liams Co.,  Ohio. 
ii.    Perrin  Shepardson,  b.  30  July,  1810. 

iii.    Abigail  Shepardson,  b.  '26  November,  1812;  m.  Gardner  Woods ;  lived  in  Jer- 
sey, Ohio. 
iv.    Harriet  Shepardson,  b.  22  February,  1815;  m.  Hiram  Pruden;  lived  in  Jersey, 

Ohio. 
v.    Nancy  A.  Shepardson,  b.  6  November,  1817 ;  unm. ;  d.  in  Granville,  Ohio. 
vi.    Elvira  Shepardson,  b.  3  February,  1820;  m.  Rev.  D.  D.  Walden;  d.  8  Januarv, 

1865,  in  Hillsdale  Co.,  Mich. 
vii.    Daniel  Morse  Shepardson,  b.  11  July,  1822,  d.  27  July,  1824. 
12.    viii.    Daniel  Morse  Shepardson,  b.  2  February,  1S25. 

12.  Daniel  Morse  Shepardson  (Daniel,7  Ancel*  William,5  John,*  Nathan- 
iel,3 Daniel,2  Daniel1),  born  in  Granville,  Ohio;  was  a  farmer  there  until 
be  retired  from  active  labor.  Succeeded  his  father  as  deacon  of  the  Gran- 
ville Baptist  Church.  Member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Denison  Univer- 
eity  since  1863.  Has  been  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Granville  foa 
many  years.  He  married,  8  November,  1848,  Abby  L.,  daughter  of  Jathani 
W.  and  Lucy  H.  fChilson)  Durant.  She  was  born  in  Vermont,  1  October, 
1827,  and  died  in  Granville,  14  May,  1904.     Children : 

i.    Esmah  C.  Shepardson,  b.  25  January,  1850 ;  m.  Rev.  Alfred  S.  Orcutt. 
ii.    Lucy  P.  Shepardson,  b.  S  October,  1866;  m.  Milan  P.  Ashbrook. 

It  is  a  curious  illustration  of  the  movement  of  American 
families  that  the  descendants  of  two  sons  of  an  Attleboro, 
Mass.,  family  should  meet  in  Granville,  Ohio,  after  living,  the 
one  in  Connecticut  and  Vermont,  and  the  other  in  Rhode 
Island  and  Massachusetts. 

Now,  another  feature  of  American  life  is  admirably  illus- 
trated by  this  same  family.  Again  and  again,  when  looking 
up  family  records,  genealogists  have  come  face  to  face  with  a 
blank  wall  in  the  shape  of  an  entry,  "Went  West,"  in  the  fam- 
ily Bible.  That  closed  the  records,  for  in  the  days  of  poor  and 
expensive  mail  facilities,  family  ties  were  often  rudely  snapped 
asunder.  The  first  Daniel  Shepardson  did  not  like  the  looks 
of  things  at  Salem,  so  he  went  to  Charlestown.  His  son  pushed 
on  to  Maiden,  and  then  to  Attleboro,  then  on  the  frontier 
and  a  long  way  from  Boston.  In  the  fourth  generation  the 
sons  Jonathan  and  John  had  the  moving  spirit,  the  former 
going  to  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  and  then  to  Templeton,  Mass.,  the 
latter  going  far  into  the  wilderness  of  Connecticut.  Among 
the  children  of  John  Shepardson,  who  lived  at  Ash  Swamp, 
now  East  Adams,  Conn.,  was  a  son  William,  one  of  whose  chil- 
dren was  Ancel.  He  did  not  like  the  aspect  in  Connecticut, 
and  so  plunged  into  the  woods,  going  to  the  very  jumping-ofi 
place,  the  region  called  Vermont  in  after  days.  In  time  a  son 
Ancel  was  born  to  him,  who  had  a  brother  Daniel.  The  son 
Ancel,  ''Deacon"  Ancel  Shepardson,  of  Fairfax,  Vt.,  had  a 
conversation  with  a  cousin  of  mine,  some  forty  years  ago,  in 


64  Shepardson.  [Jan., 

which  he  told  how  his  father,  when  he  himself  was  very  young, 
rode  horseback  from  Vermont  to  Connecticut  to  see  his  rela- 
tions there.  About  the  time  of  this  interview,  my  cousin  met 
a  certain  Sally  Shepardson  in  Bosra,  Conn.  She  told  how  an 
uncle  named  Ancel  had  left  the  rest  of  the  family  and  gone  to 
Vermont,  or  rather  "up  country,"  as  she  expressed  it.  She 
had  never  heard  of  the  second  Ancel,  neither  had  the  second 
Ancel  heard  of  his  first  cousin  Sally,  and  when  Ancel's  brother, 
Daniel,  moved  West  and  became  the  first  "Deacon"  Shepard- 
son of  Granville,  Ohio,  the  ties  of  relationship  were  still  further 
strained,  so  that  in  1876,  when  a  sketch  of  the  Shepardson 
family  was  published  in  the  History  of  Licking  County,  it  was 
stated  that  little  was  known  of  William  and  his  family. 

Paul,  in  writing  to  Timothy,  took  occasion  to  speak  against 
"endless  genealogies/'  but  Paul  never  had  any  experience  in 
tracing  an  American  family.  In  the  years  during  which  I  have- 
paid  more  or  less  attention  to  details  of  family  history,  I  have 
been  surprised  at  the  side  lights  upon  the  history  of  my  coun- 
try which  have  been  thrown  from  genealogical  research.  For 
example,  in  the  story  just  told,  one  notes  the  superstition  of 
the  colonist  which  led  witches  to  the  gallows,  and  took  cogni- 
zance of  every  abnormal  birth  as  a  portent  from  on  high.  One 
recalls  the  aristocracy  of  the  day,  which  reserved  the  title 
"Master,"  or  "Mr."  as  we  write  it,  for  those  of  wealth  or  special 
distinction,  the  commonality  being  known  as  "Goodman."  One 
sees  the  fearful  and  wonderful  orthography  of  the  early  writers, 
which  marked  public  records  and  private  communications  with 
"horrid  false  spells."  One  follows  the  restless,  moving  spirit 
of  the  day,  which  drove  the  Indians  back  into  the  interior, 
which  opened  Connecticut,  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  to 
settlement,  and  which,  after  a  time,  pointed  the  way  westward 
across  the  wilderness  and  beyond  the  mountains,  until  Ohio 
and  Indiana  and  Illinois,  and  then  Iowa  and  the  far  WTestern 
States  even  to  the  Pacific,  began  to  fill  up  with  the  children 
and  children's  children  of  the  men  who  came  to  Salem  and 
other  towns  of  New  England  in  the  first  twenty  years  of  New 
England  settlement. 

There  are  quite  a  number  of  people  in  Granville  who  are 
interested  in  genealogical  research  ;  there  ought  to  be  man>' 
more.  It  makes  no  difference  whether  the  first  American  of  a 
line  had  a  coat  of  arms  or  not.  He  may  not  have  had  any 
kind  of  a  coat  ;  but  if  his  descendants  have  helped  to  the 
upbuilding  of  the  land  we  love,  there  will  be  intense  satisfac- 
tion in  following  their  wanderings  from  State  to  State,  and 
greater  satisfaction,  if  at  the  close  of  the  study  one  can  say 
with  Cowper  : 

"My  boast  is  not  that  T  deduce  my  birth 
From  loins  enthroned,  or  rulers  of  the-  earth, 
But  higher  yet  my  proud  pretensions  rise  ; 
The  child  of  parents  passed  into  the  skies." 


DESCENDANTS  OF  CALEB  COLE,  OF  SHARON,  CONN. 

By  J.  W.  B.  Cole,  of  Audubon,  Iowa,  and  John  Harlan  Cole,  of  Mendenhall,  Ta. 

James1  Cole,  the  first  of  this  family  in  America,  was  born  in  England, 
probably  in  Essex  County.  He  m.  and  was  left  a  widower  with  one  dau., 
Abigail.  He  then  m.  Ann  Edwards,  widow  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Edwards, 
a  Puritan  minister  of  London.     She  had  one  young  son,  William  Edwards. 

They  soon  emigrated  to  New  England  and  joined  the  party  led  by  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker  in  the  settlement  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  October,  1635.  Pie 
was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  d.  in  1652  and  his  widow  Feb.  20,  1678-9. 

John2  Cole  is  believed  to  have  been  his  son.  He  was  admitted  freeman 
in  1655  and  in  that  year  he  bougiit  his  sister's  interest  in  their  father's 
estate.  He  was  a  large  land  owner,  his  estate  as  shown  by  the  returns 
made  by  his  administrator  amounting  to  nearly  four  hundred  pounds.  He 
d.  in  1685. 

His  third  son,.  Samuel3  Cole,  was  a  freeman  and  land  owner  of  Hartford. 
He  d.  Mar.  16,  1693.  By  his  wife  Mary  he  had  seven  children,  the  oldest  of 
whom  was  Samuel4  Cole,  b.  about  1672.  He  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  James 
Kingsbury,  Jan.  2, 1603.    Their  third  child  was  Caleb6  Cole,  b.  Feb.  8, 1703. 

CALEB5  COLE  (Samuel?  Samitel?  John?  James1) ,  b.  Feb. 
8, 1703,  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  d.  1780  at  Sharon,  Conn.;  m. 
Rebecca  Beardsley  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  about  1730.    She 
d.  and  he  m.  (2)  Ann  (Whitney)  St.  John  of  Wilton,  Conn., 
Dec.  20,  1742.     The  children  of  Caleb  and  Rebecca  were : 

2.  i.    David  Cole,  b.  Aug.  15, 1731,  Stratford.  Conn. 

ii.    Anne  Cole,  b.  Feb.  26,  1 732 ;  m.  Col.  Ebenezer  Gay. 
iii.    Zebulon  Cole,  b.  about  1734. 
The  children  of  Caleb  and  Ann  were  : 
iv.    Thaddeus  Cole,  b.  Oct.  2,  1743,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  a  KevoFy  soldier. 

3.  v.    Matthew  Cole,  b.  Jan.  22,  1745-6,  Norwalk,  Conn. 
vi.     Rebecca  Cole,  b.  May  20,  1749,  Sharon,  Conn. 

,     vii.    Abigail  Cole,  b.  Sept.  IS,  1751,  Sharon,  Conn. 

2.  David6  Cole  (Caleb*  and  Rebecca  Beardsley,  Samuel? 
Samuel?  John?  James"),  b.  Aug.  15,  1731  ;  m.  Eleanor  Hyde  of 
Sharon,  Conn.,  Dec.  21,  1758.  He  d.  Aug.  29,  1807.  Their 
children  were  : 

i.     Anne  Cole,  b.  June  22,  1760;  m.  Alex.  Smith  of  Hudson,  N.  Y. 
ii.    Elizabeth  Cole,  b.  1762  ;  m.  David  Randall.    They  lived  in  Was- 

son,  N.  Y. 
iii.    Ellen  Cole,  b.  1702  ;  m.  Salmon  Jewett. 

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iv.     David  H.  Cole,  b.  about  1706,  in  Sharon,  Conn.;  m.  Abigail  Wil- 
liams of  Sharon,  Sept.  24,  1705.     Their  children  were  Albert, 
Ora,  who  m.  Philo  Hamlin,  David  and  Richard. 
v.     Caleb  Cole,  b.  Mar.  5,  176S,  d.  Oct.  10,  1S53 ;  unm. 

vi.  Joseph  Cole,  b.  Dec,  1770,  d.  Aug.  1, 1S43;  m.  Sarah  Hyde.  They 
lived  at  Albion,  N.  Y.  Their  children  were  Daniel,  Almeron. 
Laura  and  Mary. 

vii.     John  Cole,  b.  about  1772  at  Sharon.    It  is  stated  that  he  emi^rat<  d 
to  the  Western  Reserve  in  Ohio.     He  had  children,  Harmon 
Cole  and  a  dau. 
viii.    Nathaniel  Cole.     He  went  South  and  all  trace  of  him  was  lost. 

ix.    Polly  Cole,  d.  unm. 

4.  x.    Richard  Bradford  Cole,  b.  Feb.  26,  1783. 

•  3.  Matthew6  Cole  {Caleb1  and  Rebecca  Beardsley,  Samuel* 
Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Jan.  22,  1745-6,  d.  at  Kinney's  Cor- 
ners, Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1824  ;  was  a  Captain  in  the  15th 
Regt.,  Conn.  Militia,  and  a  Commissary  in  the  Revolution  ;  he 
moved  to  the  vicinity  of  Unadilla,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1817  to  Yates 
County,  N.  Y.  He  was  interred  on  the  James  Peckert  ram; 
then  known  as  Sabintown.  His  wife  (name  unknown)  d.  in  Che- 
nango Co.,  N.  Y.  Their  children  (though  probably  not  in  this 
order)  were : 

5.  i.    Timothy  Tyler  Cole,  b.  Jan.  G, . 

6.  ii.    William  Cole,  b.  Dec.  12,  1768. 

iii.    Calvin  Cole,  b.  in  Litchfield  Co.;  m. Whittlesey  of  Broome 

Co.,  N.  Y.    Their  children  were: 

I.    Eliza  Cole;  m.  Joshua  Titus  of  Mil©,  N.  Y 
II.    Charles  Cole. 

7.  iv.     Erastus  Cole. 

8.  v.    Ezra  M.  Cole. 
vi.     Milo  Cole. 

4.  PviCKARD  Bradford7  Cole  (David6  and  Eleanor  Hyde, 

Caleb,"  Samuel,4  Samuel,"  John;  James1),  b.  Feb.  26,  1783;  m. 

Sophia  Heath  of  Salisbury,  Conn.     He  was  killed  by  a  falling 

tree,  Dec.  20,  1S50,  at  Sharon,  Conn.     Their  children  were  : 

i.    Caroline  Coi.k,  b.  Dec.  5,  1800;  m.  Frederic  Reed  of  Salisburv. 
ii.    Emelink  Cole,  b.  Feb.  20,  1809,  d.  unm. 

9.  iii.    Charles  Cole,  b.  Jan.  IS,  1812. 

iv.     Laura  Cole,  b.  Apr.  19,  3814,  d.  Jan.  8,  1827. 

10.  v.     Geoi'.ge  Cole,  b.  Sept.  3.  1810. 

11.  vi.     David  Hyde  Cole.  b.  Jan.  24,  1822. 

5.  Timothy  Tyler7  Cole  (Matthew*  and ,  Caleb,1  Sam- 
uel* Samuel?  John;  Jama?),  b.  Jan.  6, ;   m.  (1) -, 

(2)  Hannah  Stuart,   (3) .     He  moved  from  Litchfield 

Co.,  Conn.,  to  the  vicinity  of  Unadilla,  N.  Y.  He  lived  in  Che- 
nango, Yates  and  Tompkins  Cos.;  was  a  man  of  good  education 
and  a  schoolteacher  for  many  years.    By  the  first  wife  he  had  : 

i.    Lorlnda  Cole;  m.  Lewis  Miles  and  lived  near  Cleveland,  O. 


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11H"K5.]         Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  67 

By  the  second  wife  : 

ii.    Thankful  Cole,  b.  about  1802 ;  m. Abbott. 

iii.    Lois  Cole,  b.  1804  ;  m.  Levi  Noble  of  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 
15.     iv.    John  Stuaut  Cole,  b.  Apr.  9,  1806. 
v.     Erastus  Cole,  b.  about  1808,  d.  unin. 
vi.    Lydia  Cole,  b.  about  1810 ;  in.  Hiram  Carney.    Lived  at  Olean 

Point,  N.  Y. 
vii.    Daniel  Sutton  Cole,  d.  at  age  of  eighteen  years. 

6.  William7  Cole  (Matthew*  and ,  Caleb,*  Samuel*  Sam- 
uel? John?  James*),  b.  in  Litchfield,  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  Dec. 
12, 17GS,  d.  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  2S,  1845.  He  m.  Thankful 
Orion  of  Sharon,  Conn.,  Jan.,  1793.     Their  children  were  : 

13.       i.  John  Orton  Cole,  b.  Oct.  5,  1793,  at  Sharon,'  Conn. 

ii.  Frederick  T.  Cole,  b.  May  13,  1795,  d.  Aug.  27,  1809. 

1-1.     iii.  William  Cole,  b.  Apr.  13,  1797,  at  Sharon,  Conn. 

iv.  Myron  Cole,  b.  July  2, 1799,  at  Catskill,  N.  Y.;  drowned  in  1827 
at  sea. 

15.  v.  Matthew  M.  Cole,  b.  Mar.  13,  1801,  at  Catskill,  N.  Y. 
vi.  Adeline  Cole,  b.  Feb.  28,  1803,  d.  Apr.  IS,  1866. 

vii.     Polly  Cole,  b.  May  2S,  1805,  d.  July  15,  1820. 

16.  viii.     Philo  K.  Cole,  b.  Aug.  1,  1807,  at  Duanesburg,  X.  Y. 

ix.     Anna  Maria. Cole,  b.  Aug.  1,  1809,  d.  July  10,  1811. 
x.    Myra  Cole,  b.  Oct,  24, 1812,  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y.    She  m.  Oct.  1, 
1S33,  Francis  P.  Burns.     She  d.  1901,  in  Albany,  N.  Y. 

17.  xi.    Frederick  Wing  Cole,  b.  Sept.  19,  1815,  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y. 

7.  Erastus7  Cole  (Matthew*  and ,  Caleb?  Sanmel,4  Sa?n- 

ttel*  John;  James*),  b.  in  Connecticut.  Lived  in  Cayuga,  N.  Y. 
1m  1S17  moved  to  Jerusalem,  Y'ates  Co.,  N.  Y.  m.  Lois  Dick- 
enson of  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.     Their  children  were  : 

K       i.    Hiram  Cole,  b.  180S. 

ii.    "Walcott  Cole,  b.  1810,  in  Cayuga  Co.;  m.  Elizabeth  Durham. 
Lived  in  Jerusalem,  Yates  Co.     Had  one  dau.,  liebecca  Ann 
Cole,  who  m.  Chauncey  Millspaugh. 
iii.    Elizabeth  Cole  ;  hi.  Alanson  Dunning  of  Bluff  Point. 
iv.     Cordelia  Cole;  m.  George  A.  Parker  of  Jerusalem. 
v.    Mary  A.  Cole  ;  m.  Miles  B.  Andrews. 

vi.    Erastus  Cole.  b.  in  Yates  Co.  1820;  m.  Sarah  Larzelere.     They 
both  d.  iu  Feb..  1902,  at  Rhine}  's  Corners,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Their  children  were: 
I.    Sarah  L.  Cole. 

II.    Gkougf  Cole,  b.  1862.    Lives  at  Kinney's  Point.    lias  two  children. 
ILL    Ward  Cole;  umn. 

IV.     CVLK. 

vii.     Harris  Cole,  b.  in  Yates  Co.  1822  ;  in.  Mary  Dunning  of  Steuben 
Co.     Has  four  children: 
I.    iii-.np.y  Cole, 
II.    E5IMA  Cole. 
III.    Fanny  Colt:, 
iv.    Frederick  Cole. 


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68  Descenda,7its  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon \  Conn.  [Jan., 

8.  Ezra  M.7  Cole  {Matthew*  and ,  Caleb?  Samuel?  Sam- 
uel? John?  James1),  b.  in  Connecticut ;  m. Cole  of  Che- 
nango Co.,  N.  Y.  Settled  near  Benton  Center,  Yates  Co.  Their 
children  were  : 

i.    Maria  Cole  ;  m.  Israel  Crittenden  of  Ontario  Co. 
ii.    Ursula  Cole;  m.  John  Wheat  of  Benton. 
iii.    George  Cole;  m.  and  lives  in  Ontario  Co. 
iv.    Rhoda  Cole;  rn.  Joseph  C.  Guthrie  of  Benton. 
v.     Polly  Cole. 
vi.     Israel  Cole. 

vii.    Charles  Cole;  m.  Sainantha  Tubbs  of  Benton.    They  lived  at 
Kinney's  Corners.    He  was  killed  by  an  accident.    Their  chil- 
dren were : 
I.    Ezra  Cole. 

II.    Charlotte  Cole  ;  m. Drew.    Lives  in  Steuben  Co. 

III.    George  Cole;  unm. 
viii.     Amarilla  Cole. 
ix.    Julia  Colt:. 
x.     Caroline  Cole. 

9.  Charles5  Cole  {Richard  Bradford"  and  Sophia  Heath, 
David?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  Ja?nesl),  b.  in  Sharon, 
Conn.,  Jan.  18,  1812.     His  children  were  : 

i.  Edwin  Cole. 
ii.  Ellen  Cole. 
iii.    Julius  Cole,  d.  in  Union  army  during  Civil  War. 

10.  George8  Cole  {Richard  B?  and  Sophia  Heath,  David? 
Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Sept.  3,  1816  ;  m. 
Elethea  E.  Roberts,  of  Sharon,  Conn.,  Feb.  12,  1840.  She  was 
b.  in  1818,  d.  1849.     Their  children  were : 

i.    George  Roberts  Cole,  b.  in  Sharon,  Aug.  18,  1841,  d.  Aug.  29, 
1900;  m.  Nov.  17,  1804,  Sarah  St.  John  of  Sharon.    Children: 
I.    Frank  Hyde  Cole,  b.  May  7,  1SG7.    Last  heard  oi'in  Wyoming. 
II.    Judson  St.  Iohn  Cole,  b.  Jan.  11, 1874 ;  unm. 
ii.    Catherine  E.  Cole,  b.   Julv  1,  1843;  m.  William  M.  Smith  of 
Sharon,  Sept.  17,  1803.     Their  children : 

I.    George  Henry  Smith,  b.  Oct.  17,  1SG4,  at  Sharon  ;  m.  Anna  II.  Scott 
of  Watertown,  Conn.  Nov.  6, 1S88.    They  have  one  child  Harold  H. 
II.    Ella  Roberts  Smith,  b.  Mar.  6, 18G9. 

III.  William  Rolph  Smith,  b.  Aug.  9, 1874,  at  Watcrtown,  Conn.:  ra.  Daisy 
Elizabeth  Lewis,  Nov.  6, 1896.  Children:  Justin  Lewis  Smith,  b. 
Dec.  IG,  1897 ;  Seymour  Rolph  Smith,  b.  Jan.  12, 1S98. 

iii.    Richard  Bradford  Cole,  b.  Oct.  4, 1840.  at  Sharon ;  unm. 
iv.    Frank  Hyde  Cole,  b.  Nov.  13,  1S48,  d.  Oct.  5,  1853. 

11.  David  Hyde8  Cole  (Richard  B:  and  Sophia  Heath, 
Daniel?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Jan.  24, 1S22  ; 
m.  Phoebe  Turner  of  Salisbury,  Conn.     Their  only  child  was — 

i.    David  Bradford  Cole;  in.  Harriet  C.  Landon.     He  went  to  the 
Klondyke  and  has  not  been  heard  of  since  1002.     Children: 

I.    Mary  Alberta  Com:,  b.  Sept  12, 1891. 
'  II.    James  Landon  Coi.k,  b.  June  26, 1893.    They  live  in  Boston,  Mass. 


John  S.  Cole  at  40. 


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rowena  ileriunoton  cole  at  90 
Born  Octobkk  26th,  1812. 


1906.]  Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon \  Conn,  69 

12.  John9  Stuart  Cole  {Timothy  Tyler1  and  Hannah  Stuart, 
Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Apr.  9, 
1S00,  in  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.;  m.  Rowana  Herrington  at  How-, 
ard,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  11,  1830;  moved  to  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  Oct.,  1834 ;  served  in  Patriot  War  (McKenzie's  Rebellion) 
in  Canada,  1838,  was  wounded  in  the  knee  and  returned  home 
in  Feb.,  1839  ;  moved  to  Poweshiek  Co.,  Iowa,  in  1859.  He 
enlisted  at  the  age  of  56  in  Co.  D,  37th  Iowa  Vols.,  Oct.  14, 
1862.  He  died  while  at  home  on  furlough,  Dec.  23, 1862.  The 
children  of  John  S.  and  Rowana  (Herrington)  Cole  were  : 

i.  WiLLiAit  P.  Cole,  b.  Sept.  14,  1S32,  in  Penn  Yan,  Yates  Co.,  N. 
Y.;  d.  Jan.  23,  1833. 

Elijah  H.  Cole,  b.  Apr.  3, 1835,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio. 

Henry  E.  Cole,  b.  Aug.  13,  1837,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio. 

Mary  A.  Cole,  b.  Apr.  25,  1840,  d.  18S5;  m.  B.  W.  Masker,  Dec. 
11,  1859. 

Elyix  Miles  Cole,  b.  Apr.  25,  1840,  d.  Jan.  2S,  1855. 

John  W.  B.  Cole,  b.  Aug.  19,  1843,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio. 

Dellison  D.  Cole,  b.  Mar.  29,  1846,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio;  unm. 

David  D.  Cole,  b.  Mar.  29, 1846,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio,  d.  1846. 

Charles  Albert  Cole,  b.  Feb.  1,  1851,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio. 

Emma  E.  Cole,  b.  Oct.  15,  1S53,  d.  Mar.  12, 1887 ;  m.  Joseph  Liv- 
ingston. 

13.  John  Orton8  Cole  {William'1  and  Thankful  Orton,  Mat- 
thew? Caleb?  Smmml?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Oct.  5,  1793,  at 
Sharon,  Conn.,  d.  Jan.  4,  1878,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  He  went  to 
Albany  at  the  age  of  13  and  entered  the  office  of  the  Albany 
Register;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the.  bar.  He  was 
appointed  Justice  of  the  Criminal  Court  of  Albany  by  Gov. 
DeWitt  Clinton,  1821.  He  served  in  this  office  more  than  47 
years.  Although  in  184G  the  office  was  made  elective,*  he  served 
24  years  without  opposition.  During  the  War  of  1812-15  he 
served  as  a  volunteer  and  was  a  pensioner  of  that  war.  He  was 
afterward  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Van  Rensselaer  and  accompanied 
LaFayette  on  his  tour  of  the  State.  In  1833  he  was  elected 
captain  of  the  Albany  Burgess  Corps  and  retained  his  connec- 
tion with  that  organization  until  his  death.  In  1833  he  was 
elected  Alderman,  and  in  1842  he  was  Clerk  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  York.  He  was  a  Freemason  and  was  Master  of  his 
Lodge  ten  years,  and  was  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Chap- 
ter of  the  State  for  42  successive  years  ;  also  for  a  time  Com- 
mander of  the  Commandery. 


1.9. 

ii. 

20. 

iii. 

iv. 

v. 

21. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 

22. 

ix. 

X. 

70  Desceiidanis  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  Uan> 

He  was  active  politically,  and  during  the  days  of  the  "Albany 
Regency"  was  admitted  to  the  conncils  of  Marcy,  Wright,  Van 
Buren,  etc.  He  was  personally  acquainted  with  every  Governor 
from  1S0G  to  1878.  He  was  deeply  interested  in  education:^ 
matters,  and  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Education  several 
years  ;  resigning,  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  board,  a 
position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1872  the  Board 
of  Education  gave  him  a  vacation  which  he  passed  in  Europe. 
Mr.  Cole  united  with  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  in  1831, 
and  was  ruling  elder  43  years.  In  1817  he  m.  (1)  Eleanor 
Sharp,  who  d.  in  1830.  In  1831  he  m.  (2)  Adelaide  Dougherty, 
who  d.  Aug.  4,  1889. 

The  children  of  John  O.  and  Eleanor  (Sharp)  Cole  were  ; 
i.    Eleanok  Cole,  d.  young. 

ii.    Eleanor  Cole,  b.  Sept.  12,  1819  ,  m.  Charles  L.  Garfield. 
iii.    William  Cole,  b.  Mar.  21, 1822  ;  uihb. 
23.     iv.     John  Jay  Cole,  b.  Aug.  29,  1824. 

Children  of  John  O.  and  Adelaide  (Dougherty)  Cole  : 
v.    Edward  Cole. 

Walter  D.  Cole,  b.  Nov.  11,  1S33. 

Susan  Cole,  b.  June  21,  1S35;  m.  Rev.  Edward  Aiken,  1S54. 

Augustus  Graham  Cole,  b.  Jan.  12,  1837. 

Frances  H.  Cole,  b.  June  11.  1838;  m.  John  Hayes,  Dec.  25,  ISO'J. 

Charles  Wadsworth  Cole,  b.  Mar.  9,  1840. 

Mary  Cole,  b.  Dec.  7,  1841,  d.  Oct.  21,  1SS2. 

Henry  Martyx  Cole,  b.  Oct.  31 ,  1813  ;  m.  Aug.  25, 1881,  Angelica 
Barton.     Resides  in  Albany,  X.  Y.     No  children. 

Frederick  Yvting  Cole,  b.  Dec.  23,  1845. 

Addison  D.  Cole,  b.  Nov.  18,  1847:   in.  Ida  F.  Parmenter  at  Hud- 
son, N.  Y.    Surveyor  of  Port  of  Albany  18S4-S9.     Died  1S<>7. 

Sarah  A.  Cole,  b.  .May  9,  1S50,  d.  Mar.  6,  1851. 

Matilda  G.  Cole,  b.  June  29,  1852,  d.  Jan.  12,  1856. 

Elizabeth  Cole,  b.  Aug.  7,  1854. 

14.  \Villiams  Cole  (  WilHam1  and  Thankful  Orton,  Mattfiew? 
Caleb?  Samuel*  Samuel?  jfolui?  James1),  b.  Apr.  13,  1797,  d. 
Feb.  13,  1S23  ;  m.  Mary  McDuffie.     Their  child  : 

2S.       i.    William  Kerley  Cole,  b.  Apr.  15,  1S23. 

15.  Matthew  M.8.  Cole  (WillianP  and  Thankful  Orton, 
Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Mar.  13, 
1801,  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y.,  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Sept.  iv. 
1839.  He  m.  Abigail  Catlin  in  1820.  Mr.  Cole  was  a  printer 
by  trade.  Resided  in  Washington  in  1830;  served  a  term  a=> 
Justice  of  the  Peace  ;  was  appointed  reporter  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  Congress  by  President  Jackson,  and  clerk  in  U.  S.  Land 


24. 

VI. 

vii. 

25. 

viii. 

ix. 

26. 

X. 

xi. 

xii. 

27. 

xiii. 

xiv. 

XV. 

xvi. 

xvii. 

1006.]         Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  71 

Office  by  President  Van  Buren.     The  children  of  Matthew  M. 
and  Abigail  (Catlin)  Cole  were  : 

i.    William  Bradley  Cole,  b.  1822,  d.  1S4S ;  unm. 
ii.    Helen  Cole,  b.  1824,  d.  1876;  m.  James  Anderson. 

29.  iii.    John  Cassidy  Cole,  b.  Dec.  18,  1S26. 

16.  Philo  K.8  Cole  (  William'  and  Thankful  Orton,  Matthew* 
Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Aug.  1,  1807,  at 
Duanesburg,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Caroline  Parmerlee.  Mr.  Cole  was  a 
printer  by  trade,  and  was  for  many  years  foreman  in  the  office 
of  the  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Argus.  During  the  sessions  of  the  New 
York  Legislature  he  reported  the  actions  of  the  Senate  for  that 
paper.     He  d.  Nov.  10,  1845.     Their  children  were  : 

i.    Myron  Henry  Cole,  b.  Nov.  22, 1846 ;  went  West ;  m.  and  had 
one  child,  which  d.  young. 

ii.    Elizabeth  Cole,  d.  young. 
iii.    Frances  Caroline  Cole. 
iv.    Benjamin  Franklin  Cole;  d.;  m.  but  no  sons. 

17.  Frederick  Wing8  Cole  (Willia/n1  and  Thankful  Orton, 
Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  Sept.  19, 
1815,  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y.  He  entered  the  office  of  the 
Albany  (N.  Y.)  Argus  in  1834  and  later  became  assistant 
editor.  He  was  a  writer  of  ability  and  contributed  both  prose 
and  poetry  to  the  columns  of  the  Argus.  A  volume  of  Mr. 
Cole's  poems  was  published  after  his  death.  He  d.  Aug.  13, 
1845.  He  m.  Rebecca  M.  Fuller  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  June  6, 1836. 
Their  children  were  : 

i.    Myra  Cole,  b.  Aug.  15, 1887 ;  m.  Stephen  F.  Washburn,  June  19, 

1854,  resides  at  Milton,  X.  J. 
ii.    Catherine  V.  Cole,  b.  Nov.  30,  1S39,  in  Albany;  m.  John  W. 
Horen,  Feb.  9,  1861. 

30,  iii.    Percy  B.  S.  Cole,  b.  May  12,  1842. 
iv.    Helen  Minerva  Cole,  b.  Aug,  3,  1844,  d.  in  New  York  City,  Oct. 

17,  1860. 

18.  Hiram*  Cole  (Erastus  M?  and  Lois  Dickenson,  Mat- 
thew? Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b.  1808,  Cayuga 
Co.,  N.  Y.  He  m.  Sarah  Cole,  dau.  of  Joseph  Cole,  a  native  of 
Rhode  Island.  Hiram  Cole  d.  in  Jerusalem,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y., 
in  1SS5.     Children  : 

i.    Allen  N.  Cole,  b.  1833.     A  druggist  in  Virginia  City,  Nev. 

ii.    Edwin  A.  Cole,  b.  1835;  in.  Susan  Spangler  of  Jerusalem.     Has 

child,  Mary  Cole. 
iii.    Hiram  Cole,  b.  1S45;  unm. 
iv.    Sarah  J.  Cole,  b.  1848. 


72  Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  [Jan., 

19.  Elijah  H.9  Cole  (John  Stuart*  and  Rowana  Herrington, 
Timothy  T?  Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  -James1), 
b.  Apr.  3,  1835,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio  ;  m.  Eunice  Howard, 
Nov.  5, 1851,  in  Morrow  Co.,  Ohio.  Came  to  Poweshiek,  Iowa, 
in  1857.  Enlisted  Jan.  5,  1861,  in  Co.  B,  28th  Iowa  ;  discharged 
July,  1865,  at  Savannah,  Ga.  Now  lives  at  Soldiers'  Home, 
Marshalltown,  Iowa.     Their  children  : 

i.    Frances  A.  Cole,  b.  Oct.  11, 1856 ;  m.  Thomas  Ford,  Mar.  26, 187.1. 
ii.    Mary  Eliza  Cole,  b,  Mar.  24, 1S59,  d.  Nov.  2,  1876. 
iii.    Hattie  Cole,  b.  Dec.  7,  1860;  in.  David  Burt,  Dec.  7, 1877. 

iv.     Rowana  Cole,  b.  May  22,  1867 ;  m.  George  H.  Wichman,  Dec, 
24,  18S8. 

20.  Henry  Erastus9  Cole  (John  S?  and  Rowana  Herring- 
ton,  Timothy  T?  Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1), 
b.  Aug.  13,  1837,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio  ;  m.  Rachel  Barnard 
in  Woodbury,  Morrow  Co.,  Ohio,  Mar.  24,  1857.    Came  to  Iowa 


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1862,  in  Co.  B,  28th  Iowa  ;  discharged  July,  1865,  at  Savannah, 
Ga.     He  d.  at  Audubon,  Iowa,  April  20,  1895.     Children  : 
i.    John  E.  Cole,  b.  Mar.  6,  185S,  d.  Jan.  19,  1875. 
ii.    Hiram  L.  Cole,  b.  Jan.  20,  1861,  d.  Jan.  22,  1875. 
iii.    Lenora  Z.  Cole,  b.  Feb.  13,  1863;  m.  Lee  Funk,  May  14,  1884;  d. 
Jan.  24,  1894. 

iv.    Nellie  L.  Cole,  b.  Oct.  6,  1867  ;  m.  Charles  Bott,  Sept,  7,  1886. 
v.    Wilber  Myron  Cole,  Nov.  14,  1871,  d.  Jan.  21,  1875. 
vi.     Marion  Lee  Cole,  b.  Jan.  11,  1879,  d.  Feb.  28,  1879. 

21.  John  W.  B.9  Cole  (John  S?  and  Rowana  Herrington, 
Timothy  T?  Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b. 
Aug.  19,  1843,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio.  Came  to  Iowa,  Powe- 
shiek Co.,  1859.  Enlisted  Aug.  6,  1861,  in  10th  Iowa  Infantry, 
Co.  C  ;  served  at  New  Madrid  and  Corinth  under  Pope,  at 
Vicksburg  under  McPherson,  at  Missionary  Ridge  under  Sher- 
man, 15th  Army  Corps,  was  with  Sherman  on  the  march  to  the 
sea,  through  the  Carolinas,  and  at  the  Grand  Review  at  Wash- 
ington ;  discharged  Aug.  15,  1865,  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.  Dec. 
14,  1865,  he  m.  Minerva  Jane  Welch.     Their  children  : 

i.    Myrtle  Amy  Cole,  b.  Oct.  26, 1866,  in  Poweshiek  Co.,  Iowa ;  unm. 
ii.    Alta  M.  Cole,  b.  May  6,  1S6S,  in  Poweshiek  Co.,  Iowa;  m.  J.  H. 
Moon.     The}'  live  in  Motley,  Minn. 
31.     iii.    Elvin  Martin  Cole,  b.  Jan.  17,  1870,  in  Greenwood  Co.,  Kan. 

iv.    Ella  May  Cole,  b.  Pec.  7,  1871,  in  Greenwood  Co.,  Kan.;   m- 

William  T.  l\raus.    They  live  in  Pomona,  Cal. 
v.     Charlie  Alba  Cole,  b.  Jan.  28,  1874,  in  Tama  Co.,  Iowa,  d.  Jan. 

11,  1882. 
vi.     Harry  E.  Cole,  b.  Dec.  21,  1875,  d.  Oct.,  1876. 


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1006.]  Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole>  of  Sharon,  Conn.  73 

22.  Charles  Albert9  Cole  {John  S?  and  Rowana  Herring- 
ton,  Timothy  T.?  Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1), 
b.  Feb.  1.  1851,  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  Ohio.  Came  to  Poweshiek 
Co.,  Iowa,  in  1859  ;  m.  Teressa  Wilkinson,  Apr.  27,  1874  ;  d.  in 
Carroll  Co.,  Iowa,   Feb.  13,  1878.     Their  children  : 

i.  Feed  W.  Cole,  b.  May  17,  1875,  in  Carroll  Co.,  Iowa ;  m.  Eunice 
Southard  of  Chelsea,  Iowa;  one  dau.,  and  a  son,  Dale  Charles 
Cole,  b.  Oct.  19,  1905;  lives  at  Cleveland,  Okla. 

ii.  Nettie  Cole,  b.  Dec.  12, 1876,  in  Carroll  Co.,  Iowa;  m.  J. B.  Stew- 
art, Lyons,  Iowa. 

23.  John  Jay9  Cole  (John  Orto7i%  and  Eleanor  Sharp,  Wil- 
liam? Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  Jajnes1)  was  b. 
in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  29,  1824.  He  resides  in  LaCrosse,  Wis., 
and  is  a  lawyer  by  profession.  He  was  U.  S.  Commissioner  for 
the  Western  District  of  Wisconsin.  Mr.  Cole  m.  (1)  Mary 
Pahlmer  Lee,  Oct.  13,  1846,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  ;  she  d.  Feb.  1, 
1865.     Apr.  28,  1867,  he  m.  (2)  Louisa  E.  Smith. 

The  children  of  John  Jay  and  Mary  (Lee)  Cole : 

i.    Theodore  Cole,  b.  1S4S,  d.  1851. 
ii.    Theodore  L.  Cole,  b.  Dec.  26,  1S52;  m.  Aug.  20,  1885,  Katherine 

Dewev.    Resides  in  Washington,  D.  C.    Has  child,  Felix  Cole, 

b.  St.  Louis,  Oct.  2,  1887. 

Children  of  John  Jay  and  Louisa  (Smith)  Cole  : 

iii.    Lucius  J.  Cole,  b.  Nov.  14,  1S77. 
iv.     Herbert  S.  Cole,  b.  Feb.  7,  1881. 

24.  Walter  D.9  Cole  {John  0?  and  Adelaide  Dougherty, 

William?  Matthezv?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James^),  b. 

Nov.  11,  1833,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  ;  m.  Margaret  Mitchell,  Feb.  3, 

1S59,  Albany,  N.  Y.     He  d.  Dec.  16,  1889.     Their  children  : 

i.  William  Walter  Cole,  b.  Nov.  21,  1839,  in  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Nov. 
12,  1885,  Williametta  Ringer,  at  Lisbon,  Iowa,  where  they  re- 
side. Have  dau  ,  Etta  Jean  Cole,  b.  at  Marshalltown,  Iowa, 
Mar.  26,  1890. 

ii.  Adelaide  Augusta  Cole,  b.  at  Trov,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  21, 1861 ;  m.  F.  A. 
Wiltsie,  Nov.  27,  18S9.     She  d.  July  14,  1893. 

iii.    Augustus  G.  Cole,  b.  May  30,  1866,  d.  young. 

iv.    J.  LeRoy  Cole,  b.  Aug  4,  1870.    Resides  in  Denver,  Colo. 

v.    Jean  D.  Cole,  b.  Nov.  9,  1873,  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

25.  Augustus  Graham0  Cole  (John  O?  and  Adelaide  Dough- 
erty, William?  Matthezv?  Caleb?  Samuel? 'Samuel?  John?  James1), 
b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  12,  1887  ;  was  a  teacher  by  profession 
and  principal  of  one  of  the  Albany  schools.  He  m.  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  Harriet  A.  Burleigh.  Mr.  Cole  d.  June  10,  1SC0;  his 
wife  d.  Feb,  0,  1865. 


74  Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  [Jan., 

Their  children  */ 

i.    Mildred  B.  Cole,  b.  in  Albany,  X.  Y.,  Jan.  2,  1860,  m.  Sidney 

Chapman,  Mar.  3,  18S0,  Lawrence,  Mass. 
ii.    Edward  H.  Cole,  b.  Jan.  17, 1S63  ;  limn.    He  is  mate  on  a  vessel 
on  the  Pacific  coast. 

26.  Charles  Wadsworth9  Cole  (John  0?  and  Adelaide 
Dougherty,  William.?  Matthew,6  Caleb,5  Samuel,4,  Samuel*  John* 
James1),  was  b.  Mar,  9,  1840,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Cole  grad- 
uated in  1862  from  Hamilton  College,  with  college  honors 
$  B  K,  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D.  From  1868  to  1866  he  was  chief 
clerk  in  Provost  Marshal's  office  in  Albany  and  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.  In  1868  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  English  Litera- 
ture and  History  in  Albany  High  School,  serving  ten  years. 
He  was  then  appointed  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools.  In 
1883  Mr.  Cole  was  president  of  the  State  Council  of  School 
Superintendents.  In  1887  he  was  president  of  the  Alumni  of 
Hamilton  College  and  delivered  the  annual  address.  He  has 
written  many  articles  on  educational  topics.  He  m.  Joan  Mc- 
Kown  at  Albany,  on  Nov.  17,  1864.     Their  children  : 

i.  Charles  Buckingham  Cole,  b.  July  7,  1865  in  Albany  ;  graduated 
from  Hamilton  College,  1887,  and  from  Columbia  Law  School, 
1889;  A.  M.  in  course,  Hamilton  College,  1890;  practices  law 
in  New  York  City. 

ii.  Harold  \Vy.\tt  Cole,  b.  Sept.  14,  1873;  m.  Mar.  21,  1S93,  at 
Greenbush,  N.  Y.,  Manila  S  Callender. 

iii.    Elsie  LaGrange  Cole,  b.  Oct.  24,  1879. 

27.  Frederick  Wing9  Cole  (John  0*  and  Adelaide  Dough- 
erty, William,'  Matthew,6  Caleb,5  Samuel*  Samuel?  John,-  James1), 
b.  Dec.  23,  1845,  in.  Albany,  N.  Y.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a 
Mason  ;  was  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  1887-88.  On  Oct.  8,  1868,  he  m.  Charlotte  Parneii 
in  Greenbush,  N.  Y.     Their  children  : 

i.  Frances  Adelaide  Cole,  b.  Nov.  19, 1S69,  in  Albany. 

ii.  John  0.  Cole,  b.  Oct.  21,  1871. 

iii.  Frederick  W.  Cole,  b.  Oct,  10,  1870. 

iv.  Charlotte  Mary  Cole,  b.  Jan.  10,  1870. 

v.  George  B.  Cole,  b.  Sept.  19,  1881,  d.  June  12,  1S86. 

28.  William  Kerley'  Cole  (William*  and  Mary  McDufne. 
William;  Matthew?  Caleb,5  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b. 
Apr.  15,  1823;  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y.  lie  m.  Ophelia  Craft  Van 
Zandt  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  1,  1847.  She  was  the  adopted 
dau.  of  W.  W.  Van  Zandt  of  Albany.  Mr.  Cole  moved  to  Jack- 
sonville, Fia.,  in  1852,  and  became  editor  of  the  News,  He  d. 
in  Jacksonville,  Feb.  14,  1857.     Their  children  : 

i.     Louisa  A.  Cole,  b.  Jan.,  184S,  at  Albany;  m.  William  0.  Mott, 

Dee.  30,  181)1,  at  Esperanfie,  X.  Y. 
ii.     Mary  E.  Cole,  b.  Mar.  4,  1850,  d.  June  1,  1851. 


1«)00.]  Descenda?its  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  75 

29.  John  Cassidy9  Cole  (KMattheiv%  and  Abigail  Catlin, 
William?  Matthew?  Caleb?  Satmtel?  Samuel?  John?  James1),  b. 
in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18,  1820.  His  family  moved  to  Wash- 
inton,  D.  C,  when  he  was  three  years  of  age.  At  the  age  of  13 
he  was  left  an  orphan.  He  left  Washington  for  Albany,  N.  Y., 
in  1S45,  and  was  employed  in  a  gentlemen's  furnishing  store, 
finally  assuming  the  management  of  the  business.  In  1848  he 
became  delivery  clerk  in  the  Albany  Post  Office.  He  was 
turned  out  by  the  Whig  administration,  and  for  two  years  had 
charge  of  the  telegraph  office  at  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y.  About  1852 
he  was  reinstated  in  the  Albany  Post  Office,  but  resigned  in  a 
year.  In  1854  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  trade  in  Wilmington, 
Del.,  and  later  in  the  gentlemen's  furnishing  business.  From 
1SG7  to  1877  he  was  part  owner  and  secretary  of  the  Wilmington 
Steam  Press  Brick  Co.  In  1877  Mr.  Cole  was  appointed  Justice 
of  the  Peace  and  Notary  Public  for  a  term  of  seven  years.  In 
1884  he  was  reappointed,  but  resigned  in  1885  and  removed  to 
Washington,  D.  C.  Under  Cleveland's  administration  he  was 
appointed  Examiner  of  Pensions,  and  the  first  two  years  of  his 
service  was  passed  in  North  Carolina.  He  was  then  given  a 
desk  in  the  Washington  office  until  1898.  Resides  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

On  Oct.  10, 1849,  Mr.  Cole  m.  Harriet  Frances  Bow  of  Albany, 
N.  Y.    She  d.  Sept.  S,  1904,  age  72,  at  Philadelphia.    Children  : 

i.    Matthew  Brvdley  Cole,  b.  Mar.  IS,  1S51,  d.  Apr.  4,  1851. 
ii.    William  Bow  Cole,  b.  Aug.  15,  1852.  at  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y.  ;  m. 
Hat-tie  DeHart  Campbell  of  Mendham,  X.  J.,  Oct.  9,  1S78 
Lives  in  Philadelphia*  Pa.     Had  children  : 

I.    Florence  DeIIakt  Cole.  b.  Aug.  31,  1S79.  <i.  June  9,  I860. 
II.    Bayard  Nixon  Cole,  b.  Oct.  31,  1SS0,  Wilmington. 

iii.     James  Anderson  Cole,  b.  Oct.  14,  1854,  d.  Feb.  22,  1S57.' 
IV.     Lilly  Cole,  b.  Jan.  18,  1857,  d.  yonng. 

v.     George  Bcsii  Cole,  b.  Dec.  27,  !B57y  at  Wilmington;  Del.    Is  in 
printing  business  in  Philadelphia;  m.  Jan.  4,  1883,  Yictorine 
Ah'retta  Vandever  of  Mount  Cuba,  Del. 
vi.     Eliza  Bow  Cole,  b.  Jan.  19,  I860;  m.  Sept.  15,  1880,  James  Tyre 
of  Wilmington,  Dal.    Children: 

I.    Philip  Scott  Tyre,  b.  July  14, 1SS1,  Wilmington,  Del. 
II.    James  Harris  Tyre,  b.  <>ct.  4,  i^_',  Wilmington,  Del. 
III.    Marion  Coll  Tyre,  b.  Jan.  l,  lSb'J,  Wilmington,  Del. 

vii.     EciiiLi.A  Bow  Cole,  b.  Jan.  8,  1SG1;  d.  Aug.  12,  1S61. 
via.    Eurilla  Bow  Cole,  b.  July  10,  1802,  d.  Mar.  31,1S94  ;  m.  Dec.  10, 
1831,  Marcus  R.  Williams  of  Gardiner,  7vrp.     Children  : 
I.    Dorothy  Eurilla  Williams,  b.  Oi  t.  3, 16S5,  Ilackensac  ;.  X.  J. 
II.    Penelope  Williams,  b.  Aug.  30,  18S7,  d.  Dec.  8,  186'J,  Hackenaaek.N.  J. 
III.    Marcus  Richard  Williams,  b.  Nov,  2'J,  ISSS,  Elackeusack,  N".  J. 


76  Descendants  of  Caleb  Cole,  of  Sharon,  Conn.  [Jan., 


ix.    Olivia  Francis  Cole,  b.  Mar.  1, 186a ;  d. 

x.     Oliver  Bow  Cole,  b.  Mar.  1,  1865.     Lives  at  Wilmington,  Del.; 
m.  June  2,  18SG,  Lena  G.  "White  of  "Wilmington.     Children  : 
I.    Charles  Snxw  Cole,  b.  June  4.  1887,  d.  young. 
II,    John  Cassddy  Cole,  b.  Jan.  1,  1SS9,  Wilmington,  Del. 

III.  Edmund  Mitchel  Cole,  b.  Sept.  20. 189!,  d.  young. 

IV.  Gertrude  White  Cole,  b.  Sept.,  1896,  Wilmington,  Del. 

V.    William  Bow  Cole,  b.  Sept.,  1905,  Wilmington,  Del.  , 

xi.    Harriet  Francis  Cole,  b.  Dec.  10,  1867 ;  d. 
xii.    Helen  Myra  Cole,  b.  Mar.  8,  1869 ;  d.  March  20,  1870. 
xiii.    Charles  Shaw  Cole,  b.  Aug.  7,  1870 ;  m.  Martha  Barden.    Re- 
sides in  Galesburg,  111. 
xiv.    John  Harlan  Cole,  b.  Mar.  4,1872;  m.  Oct.  14,  1896,  Irene  M. 
Faivre  of  Fairville,  Pa.     Resides  at  Mendenhall,  Pa.     Has: 
I.    Irene  Faivre  Cole,  b.  Aug,  18, 1899,  in  Philadelphia. 

xv.     Frederick  Augustine  Cole,  b.  Aug.  4,  1874 ;  m.  Margaret  Chal- 
mers of  Philadelphia,  where  he  resides.    Has : 

I.    Frederick  Chalmers  Cole,  b.  August  8, 1901,  in  Philadelphia. 

30.  Percy  B.  S.9  Cole  {Frederick  Wing*  and  Rebecca  Fuller, 
William:  Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John?  James"),  b. 
in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  May  12,  1842.  Mr.  Cole  joined  the  Albany 
Zouaves,  Co.  A,  10th  N.  Y,  Militia,  in  1858.  He  was  mustered 
into  the  U.  S.  service  in  the  same  company,  Nov.  13,  1862. 
They  were  sent  to  New  Orleans  by  water,  and  after  the  capture 
of  the  city  were  sent  up  the  Mississippi.  Mr.  Cole  was  one  of 
the  one  thousand  men  who  stormed  Port  Hudson  June  14, 1863. 
He  re-enlisted  in  the  11th  N.  Y.  Battery,  and  after  the  battle 

of  Fort  Stedman  was  made  Second  Lieutenant  of  Co.  C, 

N.  Y.  Vols.  He  was  acting  Captain,  and  later  when  Cos.  C  and 
13  were  consolidated  he  commanded  them  until  the  close  of 
war.  On  June  22, 1867,  in  New  York  City,  he  m.  Emma  Boole. 
She  d.  Oct.  4,  1S81.     He  has  no  children. 

31.  Elvin  Martin10  Cole  {John  W.  B»  and  Minerva  Welch, 
John  S.?  Timothy  T.?  Matthew?  Caleb?  Samuel?  Samuel?  John? 
James1),  b.  Jan.  17,  1870,  in  Greenwood  Co.,  Kan. ;  m.  Estelie 
Ihrig,  Mar.  28,  1894,  at  Wellman,  Iowa.  Reside  in  Audubon, 
Iowa.     Their  children  are  : 

i.    Elvin  Martin  Cole,  Jr.,  b.  Audubon,  Iowa,  Dec.  31,  1804. 
ii.     Arthur  Henry  Cole,  b.  Audubon,  Iowa,  Dec.  1,  1807. 
iii.     Charles  Alba  Cole,  b.  Pomona,  Cal.,  Oct.  30,  1809. 


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Mary  Maiuah  Sprague. 


MARY  MARIAH  SPRAGUE. 

William1  Sprague,  b.  about  1609,  son  of  Edward  and  Christian  ( ) 

<;.r. igue  of  Upway,  England,  came  in  1629  with  brothers  Ralph  and  Kichard 
in  the  interest  01  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Company,  and  were  the  founders 
of  Charlestown,  Mass.  William  m.  16C5,  Millesaint,  dau.  of  Lieut.  Anthony 
Kuin.es.  Removed  to  Hingham  lo;k>;  d.  Oct.  2d,  1675.  She  d.  Feb.  8,  1696. 
Their  eighth  child  was  : 

Jonathan2  Spkagce.  b.  May  28, 1648;  m.  Mehitable,  dau.  of  William  and 

KUzalieth  ( )  Holbrook  of  Mcndon,  Mass.     His  father  died  in  1675  and 

left  him  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  where  he  settled  before. 
1080.  He  was  a  man  of  character  and  often  served  in  public  office  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Deputies  for  sixteen  years,  also  was  Speaker  of  the 
House  and  Clerk  of  the  Assembly.  He  was  a  zealous  Baptist.  He  d.  Sept., 
1741.    Their  second  son  was  : 

William3  Speaguk,  b.  Feb.  2,  1691;  m.  (1)  Sept.  16,  1714,  Alice  Browne, 
b.  May  31,  1691.  He  m.  (2)  Aug.  26, 1744,  Mrs.  Mary  Wailing  of  Smithfield, 
R.  I.  William  was  a  farmer  of  Smithfield.  He  bore  the  rank  of  Captain 
in  2nd  Regiment,  Providence  Co.  Militia,  in  1732.  May  21,  1762,  he  bought 
->f  his  son  Joshua  and  the  iatter's  wife,  Abigail,  for  $1,250,  certain  lands"  in 
Smitlificld  and  Cumberland.  He  died  after  1678.  Joshua,  the  youngest  of 
his  six  children,  removed  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1762. 

T  the  opening  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  Joshua4  Sprague, 
son  of  Gapt. ■  William  and  Alice  (Brown)  Sprague,  of 
Smithfield,  R.  I.,  with  his  sons  James  and  Frederick, 
was  living  in  Nova  Scotia.  On  account  of  their  sym- 
pathy for  the  colonists  ia  revolt  they  were  forced  to  leave 
their  possessions  and  went  to  Massachusetts,  where  they  took 
up  their  residence  in  the  town  of  Adams,  in  Berkshire  County. 
Joshua,  the  father,  enlisted  and  served  as  Major  in  the  battle 
of  Bennington,  August  10,  1777.  The  sons,  James  and  Fred- 
erick, enlisted  in  Connecticut,  and  Frederick  was  in  the  battles 
of  Stony  Point  and  Johnstown. 

In  1788  Maj.  Joshua  Sprague  came  to  Marietta  and  settled  at 
Waterford.     He  lived  in  the  garrison  during  the  Indian  war. 

In  1812  the  President  of  the  United  States  granted  him  land 
in  the  Refugee  Tract  for  services  rendered  during  the  Revolu- 
tion. His  son  James  also  received  a  grant  of  land  in  this  tract. 
Under  the  laws  of  Congress  and  the  allotment  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  thereunder,  9G0  acres  were  awarded  to  Joshua  Sprague's 
heirs  and  320  acres  to  James  Sprague.* 

His  first  wife,  Amey  Darling,  died  one  year  after  their  mar- 
riage, leaving  a  child,  Amey.     His  second   wife   was  Abigail 

c  Howe's  Historical  Collections,  II,  321. 
Xotk— Siuoe  this  was  put  in  type  Mrs.  Sprague  has  died.    February,  1905. 

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Wilbur,  of  Rhode  Island.  She  was  b.  Nov.  17,  1731,  d.  Dec.  «;. 
1825.  His  fifth  child,  named  William,  b.  Jan.  3, 1750,  m.  Expe- 
rience Buck,  b.  1764,  and  their  daughter  Susannah  became  the 
wife  of  Anson  Sprague,  son  of  James. 

James5  Sprague  was  b.  1761.  He  m.  (1)  Mary  Spooner,  the 
ninth  child  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Spooner.*  His 
wife  Mary  d.  about  1791,  when  on  their  journey  to  Ohio.  Thcv 
had  six  children.  He  m.  (2)  about  1795,  Susan  Rice,  of  Bed- 
ford County,  Pa.,  and  had  by  her  eleven  children.  He  received, 
as  above  stated,  320  acres  of  land  in  the  Refugee  Tract.  Ik- 
settled  at  Otsego,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio. 

Anson'5  Sprague,  the  second  child  of  James  and  Mary,  was  b. 
in  Adams,  Mass.,  Oct.  3,  1781,  and  m.  his  cousin,  Susannah 
Sprague.  He  resided  in  Washington  County,  Ohio,  until  1832, 
removed  with  his  family  to  Franklin  County  and  occupied  land 
that  had  been  granted  to  his  grandfather  Joshua.  The  house 
built  by  him  has  been  occupied  by  four  generations  of  his 
descendants. 

The  eldest  of  his  ten  children  was  WTilliam  Ralph7  Sprague, 
b.  May  14, 1807,  on  the  farm  on  the  west  side  of  the  Muskingum 
River  opposite  Coal  Run.  His  mother,  who  had  been  b.  in  the 
stockade,  was  then  in  her  fourteenth  year.  On  this  account 
he  always  claimed  to  be  the  "oldest  Ohio  grandson."  He 
engaged  in  trade  at  Coal  Run,  marrying  there  March  5,  1831, 
Mary  Mariah  Sprague. 

In  1832  he  removed  with  his  father's  family  from  Washington 
County  to  Truro  Township,  Franklin  County,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life  as  a  farmer,  dying  Dec.  15,  1882. 

Frederick5  Sprague,  the  fourth  son  of  Maj.  Joshua,  after  he 
left  the  arm}'  m.  Rebecca,  dau.  of  Capt.  John  and  Catherine 
(Sabin)  Nichols,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  a  mariner,  who  was  lost  zl 
sea.  She  was  b.  Jan.  9,  1766.  He  later  settled  in  Genesee 
County,  N.  Y.,  but  "as  times  were  very  hard  and  Canada 
offered  a  free  homestead  to  settlers  he  with  others  formed 
a  small  colony,  emigrated  to"  Lake  Simcoe,  and  commenced 
building  a  home  in  that  wilderness,  never  dreaming  that  there 


*  Ebenezer  Spooner  was  b.  May  29,  1 724 ,  and  <1.  in  1800.  He  was  the  twelfth  > 
youngest  child  of  William  and  Alice  (Black well)  Spooner,  of  Dartmouth  and  itocbesu- 
Mass.  lie  married  in  1745  and  in  L74S  removed  to  Kardwiek.  Mass.,  where  lie  lived  uui 
prior  to  177*?,  when  he  removed  to  Warren,  Conn,  lie  served  in  the  French  and  [n-«J::s 
War  and  /or  a  time  in  the  Revolutionary  War  on  tin;  sloop  "Charming  Polly,"  which  vvi 
captured  May  HI,  1777.  The  crew  were  confined  in  the  "Old  Mill"  Prison,  E'lymouil 
Engl  ami.  from  which  he  made  his  escape  and  finally  reached  home.  [Spooner  Gunealoi-" 
pp.  30,  77,  170.] 


1906.]  Mary  Mariah  Sprague.  79 

would  ever  again  be  war  with  England."  But  the  War  of 
1^12  came  on  and  the  Government  of  Canada  ordered  all 
who  would  not  take  up  arms  against  the  United  States  to 
leave  the  Dominion  by  a  certain  time.  Frederick  Sprague 
was  too  patriotic  and  loyal  a  Yankee  to  take  up  arms  against 
the  Government  he  had  fought  to  establish,  but  living  as  he 
did  in  such  a  wilderness  it  was  an  easy  matter  for  him  and 
his  sons  to  evade  the  British  officers.  At  one  time  he  was 
arrested  for  speaking  against  the  British  Government.  He 
pleaded  that  he  had  only  spoken  against  officials  and  not 
against  the  Government,  but  he  was  put  under  bonds  not  to 
speak  against  Government  or  officials  in  the  future.  After  the 
war  was  over  he  sold  his  claims  in  Canada  to  his  son-in-law, 
William  Crittenden,  and  moved  again  to  the  States.  He  resided 
in  Chautauqua  County,  N.  Y.,  until  Sept.  3, 1818,  when  with  his 
family  and  others  he  crossed  Lake  Chautauqua  in  a  boat  and 
floated  down  the  Allegheny  and  Ohio  Rivers  to  Marietta  and 
thence  up  the  Muskingum  to  Coal  Run,  where  they  located. 
The  voyage  consumed  eight  weeks. 

Three  weeks  after  starting,  a  baby  was  born  into  the  com- 
pany. This  child,  named  Abigail  Julian  Sprague,  grew  to 
womanhood,  m.  (1  )  Washington  Sprague,  an  artist  of  St.  Louis. 
On  his  death  she  m.  (2)  James  Patterson,  and  d.  in  Columbus, 
Ohio,  April  20,  1004,  in  her  eighty-sixth  year. 

In  1820,  after  residing  two  years  in  Washington  County, 
Frederick  Sprague  and  family  moved  to  a  Franklin  County 
farm  of  218  acres  which  he  had  previously  purchased  from  his 
brother  Jonathan  for  four  dollars  per  acre,  to  be  paid  for  in 
eight  years,  without  interest.  On  this  farm  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  dying  Jan.  4,  1839.  His  wife  survived 
him  eleven  years,  dying  in  Jacksonville,  III.,  Aug.  27,  1850,  at 
the  age  of  81.  Both  he  and  his  wife  had  been  missonary  Bap- 
tists.    Their  children  were  : 

i.    David  Sprague,  b.  Jan.  16,  1783. 

ii.    Nancy  Sprague,  b.  Aug.  15,  1784. 

iii.    Ellis  Sprague,  b.  June  26,  178*5. 

iv.     Rebecca  Sprague,  b.  June  14,  178S. 

v.    Joshua  Sprague,  b.  June  0,  170]. 

vi.    John  Sprague.  h.  Apr.  24,  1793,  d.  Jan.  25,  1794.    . 

Hi.    Catherine  Sprague,  b.  Jan.  15,  17H5. 
viii.     Abigail  Sprague,  b.  Feb.  10,  17^7. 

i-v.     ,  d.  in  infancy. 

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xi.  Jacob  Brown  Sprague,  b.  June  1,  1S01. 

xii.  ,  d.  an  infant. 

xiii.  Austin  Edmund  Sprague,  b.  Aug.  3,  1S03. 

xiv.  Sidney  Smith  Sprague,  b.  Apr.  29,  1S06. 

xv.  Mary  "Mariah  Sprague,  b.  Sept.  3,  1808. 

xvi.  Frederick  Nichols  Sprague,  b.  Sept.  11,  1810.  , 

Mary  Mariah  Sprague,  the  fifteenth  child,  was  b.  Sept.  3, 
£808,  near  Roach's  Point,  Lake  Simcoe,  Ontario,  Canada,  am: 
was  twelve  years  old  when  the  family  moved  to  Truro  Town 
ship.  Columbus  was  then  (1820)  an  insignificant  village  sur- 
rounded by  timber ;  stumps  of  recently  cut  trees  stood  in  the 
street.  A  hotel  kept  by  a  Mr.  Pike  stood  on  Broad  street 
between  High  and  Front.  It  consisted  of  a  primitively  con- 
structed two-story  frame  building  of  five  rooms.  Of  the  three 
rooms  on  the  first  floor,  one  in  the  rear  was  used  as  the  kitchen, 
one  in  front  as  the  dining  room,  the  other  the  indispensable 
barroom,  while  the  two  rooms  above  furnished  ample  accom- 
modations for  the  customers. 

Between  the  Sprague  home  and  Columbus  there  were  but 
two  clearings,  the  Taylor  settlement  on  Big  Walnut  and  the 
Livingston  settlement  on  Alum  Creek.  Between  these  two 
settlements  and  for  five  or  six  miles  across  what  was  called  the 
flats  a  corduroy  road  was  built  of  poles  and  logs  thrown  across 
the  track  with  a  little  dirt  over  the  top  ;  over  this  a  sure-footed 
horse  could  make  his  way  and  not  get  stalled  in  the  mud.  Just 
south  of  where  the  Livingston  road  crossed  Big  Walnut  and  on 
the  left  bank  of  the  stream  stood  the  schoolhouse  of  that  day, 
built  of  unhewn  logs,  stick  chimney  and  clapboard  roof,  For 
a  window,  one  log  was  removed  and  the  space  covered  with 
greased  paper,  which  admitted  only  a  feeble  light ;  and  woe 
be  to  the  mischievous  urchin  who  put  his  finger  through  that 
paper.  A  plank  placed  against  the  wall  on  wooden  pins  con- 
stituted the  writing  desk,  in  front  of  which  pupils  sat  on  a  slab 
seat  with  their  backs  to  the  teacher.  The  customary  pay  for 
a  teacher  in  those  days  was  one  dollar  per  week  and  "board 
around"  at  the  homes  of  the  pupils.  Married  men  were  em- 
ployed if  possible,  so  that  they  could  be  paid  for  their  services 
in  produce.  The  course  of  studies  usually  consisted  of  Dill- 
worth's  or  Webster's  spelling  book,  arithmetic  to  the  Rule  of 
Three,  English  reader,  geography,  and  a  little  grammar  if  the 
teacher  was  competent  to  instruct  in  so  high  a  branch.  On!) 
very  advanced  pupils  were  allowed  to  study  grammar. 


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1 90S.]  Mary  Mariah  Spragne.  81 

Mrs.  Sprague  resides  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  William  F.  Barr, 
at  "Terrace  Farm,"  near  Brice,  Ohio.  This  is  the  farm  where 
she  has  spent  the  most  of  her  married  life.  This  venerable 
woman  holds  the  attention  and  wins  the  esteem  of  all  who 
make  her  acquaintance.  Possessed  of  a  cheerful  disposition,  a 
hospitable  manner  and  a  fine  quality  of  wit,  one  is  glad  indeed' 
of  the  opportunity  to  visit  with  "Aunt  Polly."  As  she  works 
at  her  embroidery  she  often  entertains  her  callers  with  stories 
and  remembrances  of  early  days.  One  is  surprised  at  the 
quickness  and  accuracy  of  her  memory.  Her  exquisite  needle- 
work, wonderful  in  its  variety  and  intricacy,  has  often  been 
exhibited  at  the  State  Fair  and  various  others  over  the  State. 
Her  fine  display  of  flowers,  for  the  culture  of  which  she  seems 
to  have  a  natural  ability,  has  also  attracted  much  attention. 
Her  health  has  always  been  such  that  she  has  never  required 
the  visit  of  a  physician  until  the  past  winter.  The  anniversary 
of  her  birth  is  a  day  of  celebration  for  her  relatives  and  descend- 
ants, who  gather  from  far  and  near  to  do  her  honor. 

She  is  a  "  real  Daughter  "  in  the  Society  of  the  D.  A.  R.  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Nabby  Lee  Ames  Chapter,  Athens,  Ohio. 

Her  children  are : 

i.  Okrin  Fay  Sprague,  b.  Dec.  23,  1833;  m.  (1)  in  1854  Mary  Jolly, 
who  d.  May,  1SG8.  He  m.  (2)  Dema  Cunningham  in  1870,  and 
left  Franklin  Co.  for  Napoleon  and  Toledo,  0.,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business.  He  d.  in  Napoleon,  May,  1872.  By  the 
second  marriage  one  son,  that  d.  in  infancy,  was  born  to  "him. 
His  children  by  the  first  marriage  were,  Heme  and  Minnie,  who 
d.  in  childhood,  and — 

I.    Sidney  Smith  Sprague,  b.  Mar.  9;  1856;  m.  Jan.  1, 1877,  Lillie  White- 
sides.    Lives  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

II.  Charles  Lee  Sprague,  b.  Mar.  19,  1858;  m.  (1)  May  9,1880.  Almeda 
Bishop,  d.  May.  1885,  m.  (2)  June  30,  1892,  Lena  Abrel.  An  electri- 
cian in  Columbus,  0. 

III.    Rankin  Olds  Sprague,  b.  Mar.  1, 1808;  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Patterson,  d. 
Jan.,  1892;  m.  (2)  Catharine  Gard.    A  clerk  in  Columbus,  O. 

ii.  Austin  Edmund  Sprague,  b.  Mar.  4,  1836;  m.  (1)  Nov.  1,  1865, 
Agnes  Maxwell,  of  Truro  Tp.  She  d.  Feb.  1,  1SG9.  They  had 
no  children.  He  m.  (2)  Mary  Elizabeth  Baily,  July  13,  1870. 
He  is  a  farmer  near  Briggsdale,  Franklin  Co.    His  children  are: 

I.    Ida  Ellen  Si-rague.  b.  July  15, 1S71,  d.  July  30, 1897  ;  m.  Dec.  29,  1891, 
S.  D.  Doney,  a  farmer  of  Truro  Tp.,  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace  1904. 

II.  Georgian  a  Sprague,  b.  Aug.  8, 1873;  m.  Mar.  28, 1893,  A.  A.  Forsbee, 
a  business  man  of  Columbus,  0. 

III.  William  Kalph  Sprague,  b.  Oct.  17, 1875  ;  an  attorney-at  law  in  Ports- 

mouth, O. 

IV.  Austin  Edmund  Sprague,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1^79;  m.  Nov.  26,  1902,  G. 

Madge  PerDieu.     He  is  a  jeweler  in  Richmond,  Ind. 

V.    Darlington  Joseph  Sprague,  b.  July  24, 1888,  d.  Apr.  23, 1SS9. 
VI.    Helen  Sprague,  b.  Oct.  6, 1890. 


82  Mary  Mariah  Sprague.  [Jan., 


iii.  Emily  Ellex  Sprague,  b.  Nov.  28,  1837;  m.  Mar.  31,  1850,  Charles 
K.  Stoolfire,  a  prominent  farmer  and  sheep-breeder  of  Licking 
Co.,  O.    Their  children  were  : 

I.    Rosalie  L.  Stoolfire,  b.  Aug.  19,  1860;  m.  Feb.  12,  18%,  Jesse  Wilson, 
a  farmer  near  Utica,  O.    She  is  now  a  widow  and  lives  in  Newark' 
Licking  Co.,  O. 
II.    Lucy  C.  Stoolfire,  b.  May  22, 1864;  ra.  Nov.  19, 1893,  George  C.  Cully, 
an  electrician,  now  residing  at  Hebron,  O. 

III.  Florence  B.  Stoolfire,  b.  May  19.  1866:   m.  Oct.  20,  18S6,  Carey  A. 

Swisher,  a  grain  and  lumber  dealer  of  Hebron,  O. 

IV.  Helen  Sprague  Stoolfire,  b.  Sept.  2, 1875,  d.  Feb.  17, 1899. 

iv.  Lucy  Jeaxxette  Spkague,  b.  Jan.  6,  1810;  m.  Dec.  2G,  18G4,  Ira 
Graham,  an  attorney-at-law  of  Aliddieport,  0.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1841. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  18(51-5.  The  degree  of  LL.  D.  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  the  University  of  Nashville.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  * 

I.    Myra  Graham,  b.  Dec.  24,  1865;  m.  Jan.  20,  1892,  Roy  Hilsingcr,  a 

banker  or  Toronto,  belmont  Co.,  O.    She  d.  Aug.  27,  1894. 
II-    Mary  C.  Graham,  b.  June  22.  1867;  m.  Oct.  25,  1887,  Steven  H.  Olm- 
sted.   She  d.  ut  San  Diego,  CaL,  July  6, lS'JO. 

III.  Laura  Pearl  Graham,  b.  Oct.  18,  1870;  m.  Sept.  11,1901,  Claud  H. 

Thompson,  a  dentist  of  Athens,  O. 

IV.  Lucy  Clare  Graham,  b.  July  24.  1877 ;  m.  Oct,  12,  1899,  Thomas  Guy 

Stewart,  who  d.  in  1904.    He  was  an  undertaker  at  Pomeroy,  O. 

v.  Mapy  Arn  Sprague,  b.  Sept.  4,  1842 ;  m.  Apr.  9,  1862,  Henry  E. 
Havens,  a  farmer  of  Franklin  and  Van  Wert  Cos.,  0.  Their 
children  were: 

I.    Nellie  Adalink  Havens,  b.  June  26,  1863;  m.  Sept.  15,  1886.  F.  G. 
Johnston,  a  Ilolste'.u  cattle  breeder  near  Columbus,  O.;  elected  Jus- 
tice of  the  IVaco.  1904. 
II.    Mary  Rebecca  Havens,  b.  Nov.  6. 1867 ;  m.  Aug.  28, 1895,  M.  II.  Osborn, 
an  attorncy-at-law,  Van  Vv'ert.  O..  who  has  been  Mayor  of  that  city. 

III.  John  Ralph  Havens,  b.  July  31, 1871 ;  m.  Oct.  29, 1895,  Cora  Hardesty. 

He  is  a  fanner  near  Van  V\'ert.  O. 

IV.  Lucy  Evelin  Havens,  b.  Sept.  S,  1S73;  m.  Sept.  2, 1903,  P.  S.  Weisheimer, 

a  mill  owner  of  Columbus,  O. 
V.    Rosa  Maud  Havens,  b.  Jan.  28, 1S77,  d.  Nov.  23,  1877. 
VI.    lafant  son,  b.  Dec.  3,  1882,  d.  soon  after. 
VII;    Florence  Sprague  Havens,  b.  Dec.  30, 1882. 

vi.  Adalixe  Delight  Sprague,  b.  June  24,  1844;  m.  Dec.  25,  1870, 
Jacob  Alexander  Barr,  a  preacher  of  the  Christian  ( Disciples ) 
Church  at  Hartford,  Licking  Co.,  O.  He  was  b.  near  Strasburg, 
Shenandoah  Co.,  Va.,  May  30;  1839  ;  came  to  Ohio  in  1855.  Edu- 
cated at  Denison  University.  Enlisted  in  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.  1. ; 
served  one  year.    Their  children  are: 

I.    Laura  Myy  Bark.  b.  May  12.  ]S72:  m.  Nov.  29,1894,  E.  E.  Shafer:  a 
grain  and  end  dealer  ot  Hartt'oid,  O. :  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
19*4. 
II.    Frank  Barr.  b.  May  IS,  1877,  d.  Apr.  7, .  y — \ 

III.  Witxiam  Elmore  Barr,  b.  July  20, 1878 ;  m.  Dec.,  1902,  Helen  C.  Miller. 

He  is  a  physician  a;  London,  O. 

IV.  Francis  Marie  Barr,  b.  Feb.,  1887. 

vii.  Geokgianna  Sprague,  b.  June  4,  1S49;  m.  Oct.  14, 1869,  William 
Ferguson  Barr,  b.  near  "Winchester,  Frederick  Co..  Va.,  Sept.  -"\ 
1836.     He  came  to  Delaware  Co.,  O.,  with  his  father's  family  in 

1855.  Entered  the  freshman  class  at  Denison  University,  Sept., 

1856,  supporting  himself  there  by  teaching  school  dupring  the 
winter  months  until  entering  his  senior  year.  When  the  war 
came  on  he  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  Aug.  L2,  1862.  Helped 
recruit  Co.  11,  121st  O.  V.  I.  Went  into  camp  of  rendezvous  at 
Delaware,  O.,  Aug.  26,  1862;  was  elected  Second  Lieutenant  Co- 
H,  Aug.  27.  Participated  in  battle  of  Perryville.  Oct.  8, 1SG2,  and 
for  services  rendered  there  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant 


1<K)8.]  Mary  Mariah  Sprague.  83 


Co.  I,  Nov.  11,  1SC2.  Served  as  Regimental  Quartermaster  till 
Jan.,  1SG3;  was  then  assigned  to  the  command  of  Pioneers, 
Fourth  Battalion.  Was  commissioned  Captain,  July  13,1864; 
assigned  to  office  of  A.  A.  A.  G.,  Pioneer  Brigade,  Sept.  G,  1804, 
and  2S"ov.  1  went  on  duty  at  Chattanooga  as  A.  C.  S.,  camp  of- 
detachments;  and  on  Nov.  28,  1804,  was  made  A.  A.  Q.  3VL  Pro- 
visional Div.  A.  C,  in  which  capacity  he  served  till  the  close  of 
the  war.  For  several  years  after  leaving  the  army  he  engaged 
in  mercantile  business.  He  moved  to  his  present  home  at  Ter- 
race Farm,  near  Brice,  Truro  Tp.,  Franklin  Co.,  thirty-five  years 
ago.  In  1855,  at  the  age  of  19,  he  united  with  the  Church  of 
Christ,  and  for  thirty  years  has  served  as  an  elder  in  that  body. 
Independent  in  politics,  though  strictly  democratic  in  sentiment. 
Their  children  are : 

I.    Eakle  Spragve  Barr,  b.  July  29, 1S70.    Now  sojourning  in  San  Diego, 

Cal. 
II.    Fred  William  Barr.  b.  Apr.  2. 1875.    Now  a  student  at  Drake  Univer- 
sity, Des  Moines,  la. 

III.  Nelley  Augusta  Barr,  b.  Aug.  24,  18S0. 

IV.  Jessie  Errette  Barr,  b.  July  July  5, 18S5. 

Willington7  Page  Sprague,  the  third  son  of  Anson  and 
Susannah  Sprague,  was  L.  June  3,  1819,  at  Coal  Ran,  O.,  a.  July 
9,  1887,  near  Reynoldsburg,  O. ;  m.  Nov.  30,  1839,  at  Reynolds- 
burg,  Mary  M.  Turner,  b.  Aug.  12, 1821,  in  Chautauqua  County, 
N.  Y.,  d.  Apr.  21,  1876,  near  Reynoldsburg,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Ellis  (Sprague)  Turner.  (Ellis  was  the  dau.  of  Frederick 
Sprague.) 

Willington  was  a  farmer  and  stockman  living  in  Truro  Town- 
ship on  his  father's  farm,  which  he  later  bought.  He  was  a 
man  of  large  information,  much  culture,  and  great  decision  of 
character.  This,  together  with  his  marked  benevolence,  made 
him  a  man  of  great  strength  and  usefulness.     Children: 

i.  Lewis  L,  Sprague,  b.  Sept.  14,  1S40,  d.  Dec.  20,  1868. 

ii.  Harvey  AY.  Sprague,  b.  May  7, 1842  ;  m.  Susan  C.  Wilson, 

in.  Levi*  A.  Sprague,  b.  Dec.  24,  1844 ;  in.  SArah  E.  True, 

iv.  Eliza  A.  Sprague,  b.  Feb.  2,  1S48. 

v.  Frank  Sprague,  b.  Dec.  23,  1830;  m.  Louise  Williams, 

vi.  Charles  Sprague,  b.  Nov.  17,  1856  ;  m.  Mary  Stockdale. 

\ ii.  Clara  Sprague,  b.  Jan.  9,  1859  ;  m.  Francis  Saunders, 

viii.  Ollie  Sprague,  b.  Aug.  19,  18(31,  d.  Apr.  17,  1871. 


The  name  Barr  is  evidently  of  Hebraic  origin,  in  which  Bar  means  "son" 
arid  Baar  "was  famous."  hi  Arabic  the  word  Barr  means  "wheal";  in  Per- 
sian means  "fruit."  and  the  Irish  word  Bar  means  "excellence,"  which  is 
tliibart*  (bar).  The  name  as  well  as  the  bearers  thereof  evidently  have 
come^  through  Celtic  or  Gallic  and  Teutonic  families,  as  the  spelling  of  the 
name  would  indicate.  In  the  Gallic  the  name  is  spelled  Barre;  Teutonic, 
Barry  or  Barrh;  and  when  Anglicised  it  is  Barr.  In  their  religion  the  Barr 
family  have  always  been  Protestant.    As  Huguenots  or  Reformers  they  lied 

*His  sou.  Dr.  Warren  V.  Sprague,  of  Chauneey,  Ohio,  tarnished  some  of  the  <latn  for 
Ihia  article. 


84  Mary  Mariah  Sprague*  [Jan., 


from  Catholic  persecution  in  France  to  Scotland  and  England  (in  1572  and 
1681).  They  were  refugees  in  the  North  of  Ireland  from  Scotland.  Our 
immediate  ancestors,  then,  were  of  Scotch-Irish  descent ;  generally  Presby- 
terian in  their  religion,  very  patriotic,  and  intensely  democratic  in  their 
ideas  of  government. 

Phillip  Barr  was  born  in  the  year  1750;  emigrated  to  America  from  the 
North  of  Ireland  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War ;  and  two  months  after, 
the  Union  flag  was  first  unfurled  over  Washington's  camp  at  Cambridge.' 
In  March,  1770,  at  the  age  of  25,  he  enlisted  in  "Capt."  Thomas  Berry's  Co., 
Col.  Muhlenburg's  Iteg't,  of  Virginia.  He  served  two  years;  was  in  the 
battles  of  Brandy  wine  and  Sullivan's  Island.  He  married  Mary  Bond,  of 
Shenandoah  Co.,  Ya.,  and  became  the  father  of  ten  children — seven  sons 
and  three  daughters.  He  followed  farming  near  Woodstock,  Va.,  where  his 
wife,  Mary  (Bond)  Barr,  died  in  1830,  and  he  in  1831,  in  the  81st  year  of  his 
age.  They  were  buried  at  Woodstoock,  Va.,  near  the  residence  of  Jonathan 
Grabills. "  The  children  of  Phillip  and  Mary  (Bond)  Barr  were: 

i.  Isaac  Barr,  who  was  a  soldier  under  Gen.  Jackson,  and  at  the 
battle  of  New  Orleans  was  one  of  the  seven  who  were  wounded 
in  that  engagement.  He  d.  several  years  after  from  the  effects 
of  his  injuries.     Unmarried 

ii.    Francis  Barr  ;  was  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812-14.     m.  and  lived 
for  many  years  in  Newark,  0. 

iii.  George  Barr;  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812  ;  unm.;  d.  at  an  ad- 
vanced age  near  Capon  Springs,  Va.     Was  a  farmer. 

iv.  Samuel  Barr  ;  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812 ;  was  m.  He  lived  and 
d.  near  the  North  Mouutain,  Va.,  and  was  buried  at  the  Old 
Quaker  Meeting  House  near  Zane's  Forge,  Frederick  Co.,  Va. 

v.     Wtilliam  Barr,  b.  Sept.  19,  1795. 

vi.    Michael  Barr,  b.  near  Woodstock,  Va. ;  m.  (1) ,  by  whom 

he  had  two  children.  His  first  wife  dying,  he  m.  (2)  Elizabeth 
Kattell.  He  d.  and  was  buried  at  Woodstock,  Va.  "Uncle 
Mike,"  as  he  was  famiiiarly  called,  was  a  farmer,  and  at  on<- 
time  owned  slaves  ;  also,  was  a  good  auctioneer. 

vii.    Stephen  Barr;   was  a  farmer;   lived  at  Edenburg,  Shenandoah 
Co.,  Va. 

viii.  Elizabeth  Barr  ;  b.,  lived  and  d.  near  Woodstock,  Va. ;  unm. 
ix.  Hannah  Barr,  b.  at  Woodstock,  Va. ;  m.  John  Beohm.  They  had 
three  children.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  Moved  to  Ohio 
in  18 — ,  settling  near  Center  Village,  Delaware  Co. 
x.  Sarah  Barr,  b.  in  Virginia  ;  m.  James  Ogelsvee.  Had  one  child. 
Mary  Ann,  who  m.  James  Baudernnm.  Moved  to  Ohio  in  183S, 
settling  in  Harlem  Tp.,  Delaware  Co. 

Williaii  Barr,  fifth  in  the  line  of  Phillip  and  Mary  (Bond)  Barr,  was  b. 
Sept  19,  1795,  near  Woodstock,  Va.,  and  on  the  3!st  day  of  Aug.,  ISM,  at 
the  age  of  18  years,  enlisted  in  Capt.  Samuel  Colville's  Co.,  Col.  Colman'fl 
Iteg't,  Virginia;  served  three  months  and  eight  days  in  the  War  of  1812-14. 
His  company  and  regiment  did  not  reach  Washington  until  some  days  after 
Commodore  Barney's  tight  at  Bladensburg  and' the  burning  of  the  public 
buildings  in  Washington,  but  was  sent  on  to  the  defense  of  Baltimore,  artd 
was  there  when  Gen.  Ross  was  killed,  the  British  fleet  bombarded  Ft.  Mc- 
Henry,  and  Francis  Key,  on  board  a  British  man-of-war,  composed  the 
"Star  Spangled  Banner."  His  term  of  enlistment  having  expired,  be  was 
discharged  from  service  at  Ellicott's  Mills  (now  Ellicott  City),  near  Balti- 
more, Md.,  Dec.  7,  1814. 

On  Dec.  24,  ISIS,  when  23  years  of  age,  he  m.  Elizabeth  Yoe,  b.  Jan.  4, 
179S,  in  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  and  to  them  were  born  eight  children — four 
sons  and  four  daughters. 


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"When  a  young  man  William  Barr  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which 
he  followed  until  1S50.  After  his  two  older  sons  became  able  to  help  him 
he  added  farming  to  his  trade.  This  he  continued  to  follow  until  the 
autumn  of  1855.  When  the  Whig  Party  died,  he  resolved  to  leave  the  South, 
knowing  that  Virginia  would  be  the  battlefield.  How  truly  his  prophetic 
vision  served  him,  let  history  tell.  He  settied  at  Center  Village,  Delaware 
Co.,  O.,  where  two  of  his  sisters  then  lived.  Here,  in  quiet  retirement,  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  a  long  and  useful  life,  dying  Jan.  21,  1873,-  in  his 
78th  year;  his  wife  following  closely  after,  dying  Dec.  9,  1873.  They  both 
united  with  the  Church  of  Christ  early  in  life. 

The  children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Yoe)  Barr  were: 

I.  James  Bare,  b.  Oct.  14, 1819,  in  Frederick  Co.,  Va. ;  m.  Anna  Watson,  Oct.  28, 1841. 
They  had  seven  children.  He  was  a  mechanic.  He  enlisted  in  Co.  H,  121st  O. 
V.  I*,  Aug..  1862.  Was  in  all  the  battles  of  the  A.  C.  from  Perry ville  to  Chick- 
amauga :  d.  in  General  Hospital,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  July  9,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  Sec.  E,  grave  662,  Div.  No,  2.  He  was  a  brave  soldier  and 
a  Christian  gentleman. 
II.  John  Henry  Barr,  b.  Dec.  25.  1821,  in  Frederick  Co..  Va. ;  hi.  (1)  Ann  Robinson, 
near  Strasburg,  Shenandoah  Co.,Va.,  Dec.  21,  2846.  To  them -were  born  six 
children.  Ann  (Robinson)  Barr  d.  Sept.  29, 1861,  near  Center  Village,  Delaware 
Co..  O.,  and  he  m.  (2)  Jane  Robinson,  by  whom  he  had  three  children.  She  d. 
at  Geneva.  Adams  Co..  Ind.  He  still  enjoys  active  life  at  the  age  of  83.  He  has 
always  followed  farming  as  a  business. 

III.  Mary  Barr,  b.  Feb.  3, 1S21,  d.  July  8, 1S25. 

IV.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Barr.  b.  Apr.  27.  1826,  d.  Nov.  18, 1846,  near  Strasburg,  Va.. 

aged  20  years ;  buned  at  Stickley's. 
V.    Catharine  Ann  Barr,  b.  Feb  12.  1829,  in  Frederick  Co.  Va.  ,  m.  Joseph  M.  Orn- 
dorff,  Dec.  24,  1857.    One  daughter,  Philoma  Frances,  m.  William  D.  Keys  of 
Columbus,  O.,  was  born  to  them.    Catharine  (Barr)  Orndorffd.  Nov.  15,  18 — , 
near  Middletown,  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  and  was  buried  in  the  Stickley  Grave- 
yard. f^—\, 
VI.    Hannah  Jane  Barr,  b.  Apr.  2,  1833;  m.  John  Miller,  of  Delaware  Co.,  O.,  Dec. 
21, 1862.    To  them  was  born  one  daughter.    She  d.  at  the  home  of  her  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Frank  Orndorff,  in  Granville,  0.,  Oct.  19,  1902,  and  was  buried  near 
Center  Village,  Delaware  Co. 
VII.    William:  Ferguson  Barr. 
VIII.    Jacob  Alexander  Barr. 


COLLECTANEA  GENEALOGICA. 


La  Serre  Evidences. 

Collected  by  Charles  F.  LaSerke. 

TPIE  ancient  province  of  Languedoc  was  the  region  between 
the  Rhone  and  the  Garone  and  southward  to  the  Pyr- 
ennes.  It  was  traversed  throughout  its  entire  length 
from  northeast  to  southwest  by  the  Cevennes.  This  territory 
coincided  closely  to  the  Narbonensis  of  Gaul.  This  region  was 
in  the  possession  of  the  Visigoths  after  the  dissolution  of  the 
Roman  Empire,  and  was  later  overrun  by  the  Saracens  from 
Spain.  The  Saracens  were  expelled  by  Charles  Martel  and  his 
successor  Pepin-le-Bref,  who  was  the  father  of  Charlemagne. 

Tiiis  province  dciive^l  its  name  from  the  southern  French 
dialect — that  language  "spoken  in  soft  accents  and  with  poeti- 
cal rhythm"  called  the  Langue  d '  0ct  while  the  northern  dialect 
was  called  langtie  d'oil  or  langtie  d'oui,  because  in  the  former  oc 
was  used  for  yes  and  in  the  latter  out  ox  oil. 

Languedoc,  bounded  on  the  south  by  that  great  tideless  sea 
the  Mediterranean,  "is  generally  reputed  to  be  the  pride  of 
France  with  regard  to  climate,  soil  and  scenery" — a  country 
peopled  by  an  ardent  and  impetuous  race.  "  Here  is  the  true 
Romance  country  of  all  the  world."  Languedoc  with  Provence 
is  known  as  Troubadour  Land,  the  home  of  those  mediaeval 
Troubadours  who  lived  in  an  atmosphere  of  chivalry  and  song. 
The  songs  and  romances  of  the  Troubadours  formed,  and 
through- them  has  been  preserved,  so  large  and  interesting  a 
part  of  the  literature  of  the  Middle  Ages. 

It  was  in  this  Romance  Land  that,  fleeing  from  the  Saracen 
hordes,  la  famille  de  Serre  made  its  advent  into  France,  and  here 
it  was  that  so  many  incidents  happened  which  play  so  great  a 
part  in  the  destiny  of  a  House  that  has  given  to  France  soldiers 
and  statesmen,  churchmen  and  literati,  who  won  honor  and 
fame  for  themselves  and  for  their  country. 

The  orthography  of  the  name  de  Serre  is  given  by  de  Cour- 
celles  as  de  Serris  and  de  Serro  in  the  records  of  the  thirteenth 
century  and  of  the  fourteenth,  and  as  Serres  or  de  Serres  in 
the  records  of  the  three  following  centuries,  but  more  com- 
monly Serre  or  de  Serre. 

86 


1906.]  La  Serre  Evidences.  87 


D'Hozier  says  of  the  orthography  that  the  name  is  given  in 
the  records  as  Serre,  du  Serre,  Serres,  and  de  Serre,  but  more 
commonly  and  nearly  always  de  Serre. 

D'Auriac  states  in  his  French  Armorial  that  the  name  is 
written,  in  French,  de  Serre  or  de  Serres  ;  in  Latin,  Serranus  ; 
in  Spanish,  Serrano.  According  to  D'Auriac  the  family  of  de 
Serre  is  of  Spanish  origin  and  came  from  Valencia  in  Spain.1 
Wishing,  according  to  tradition,  to  escape  from  the  tyranny  of 
the  Moors,  they  entered  into  France  in  the  year  762  and 
obtained  from  the  king,  Pepin-ie-Bref,  eminent  privileges  and 
vast  estates  situate  in  that  part  of  Gaul  known  as  Narbonnaise, 
later  called  Vivarais.  All  the  different  memoirs  of  the  family 
affirm  this  fact.  A  genealogy,  following  with  the  titles  and 
proofs  to  support  it,  was  preserved  at  the  Abbey  of  the  Bene- 
dictines of  Villeneuve-des-Avignons  and  established  its  filia- 
tion from  the  first  Spanish  gentleman  who  settled  in  France  in 
the  eighth  century.  These  proofs  were  destroyed  during  the 
Revolution.  This  writer  continues  to  say  that  in  default  of 
these  precious  titles  it  devolves  upon  us  to  accept  the  testimony 
of  historians  and  of  genealogical  documents,  sufficient  in  num- 
ber to  prove  the  ancient  extraction  of  this  family  and  the  bril- 
liant rank  it  has  constantly  had  from  the  fifteenth  century  to 
our  own  time.  From  Vivarais  where  they  established  them- 
selves, in  the  epoch  of  which  tradition  tells,  the  family  of  de 
Serre  has  spread  its  branches  into  all  the  neighboring  prov- 
inces, even  into  Nivernais  and  Poitou.  The  greater  part  of 
these  branches,  according  to  D'Auriac,  have  gradually  become 
extinct  lacking  male  heirs.  The  house  of  de  Serre  has  allied 
itself  with  the  highest  nobility.  One  branch  of  this  family 
quarters  its  arms  with  that  of  Sabran  and  Poitiers,  families  of 
royal  descent. 

Some  of  the  different  branches  of  this  family  are  :  The  Bar- 
ons du  Serre,  in  Provence,  originally  of  Dauphiny  ;  the  de  la 
Serres,  Seigneurs  de  la  Gorse  ;  de  Serres,  Marquis,  Comtes, 
Barons,  Seigneurs  de  Gras  de  Savignac,  de  Tourain,  etc. ;  and 
de  Serres  de  Saint  Roman,  Barons  de  Meirveis,  de  Combret 
and  de  Montlaur,  Seigneurs  de  Saint  Roman  in  Languedoc,  the 
tamily  with  which  the  LaSerres  of  Guernsey  must  have  proved 
the  filiation  for  the  Herald's  College  of  London  to  have  con- 
firmed them  exactly  the  same  arms. 

1.  "The  family  of  de  Serre  comes  from  the  south.  '  Le  chande,'  writes  M.  de  Serre  in 
one  of  his  letters,  'we  admit,  is  a  survival  of  the  original  Catalonians  *  *  *.'  His  ances- 
tors had  lived  successively  in  Italy  aud  Spain  ;  afterwards  they  settled  at  Avignon.  About 
the  middle  of  the  fifteenth  century,  Laurent  de  Scire,  associating  himself  with  the  fortunes 
of  the  Princes  of  the  Hou^e  of  Anjou,  accompanied  them  into  Lorraiune.  lie  married  at 
N'aucy,  and  his  descendants  rilled  the  highest  onices  in  the  consuls  and  the  sovereign 
court  of  the  duchy."— From-  an  article  on  the  i/omte  de  Serre,  by  C,  de  Lacombe,  in  Le 
Corrcspondant,  Vol.  72,  p.  3X). 

"  I.e  c-haud."— M.  de  Serre  doubtless  refers  here  to  the  hasty,  passionate  French  tern, 
perament. 


88  La  Serre  Evidences.  [Jan., 

The  following  are  some  of  the  principal  members  of  this 
family  whose  existence  is  shown  through  tradition  and  appears 
to  be  proved  by  historical  evidence  : 

Pierre  de  Serre  (Petro  Serrano)  on  the  8th  of  June,  850,  was 
present  at  a  transaction  between  Lambert-Giraud-Adymar  dc 
Montheil,  Vicomte  de  Marseille,  and  Charles-Giraud-Adymar, 
his  brother. 

Three  members  of  the  family  of  Serre  or  de  Serres,  Etiennc, 
Amable  and  Hugon,  were  present  the  21st  of  March,  1094,  with 
more  than  thirty  other  gentlemen  of  mark,  at  the  granting  of 
a  charter  of  liberty  to  their  subjects  and  vassals  of  the  town  of 
Montelimart. 

Amable  and  Hugon  de  Serre  went  to  the  Holy  Land  with 
fifty  thousand  men  of  Dauphiny,  Provence,  or  Auvergne,  under 
the  grand  standard  entrusted  to  Hercule  de  Polignac.  Hugon 
perished  at  the  Siege  of  Jerusalem  in  1099.  Amable  returned 
to  France  and  settled  at  Avignon. 

In  1140,  MeUxena,  Guillaume  and  Raimond  de  Serres  were 
present  at  the  granting  of  a  charter  by  Alphonse,  Comte  uc 
Toulouse,  in  favor  of  the  Benedictines  de  Villeneuve-dcs- 
Avignons. 

Dominique  de  Serre  or  de  Serres  (de  Serrano)  was  elevated 
to  a  cardinalate  by  Pope  Clement  VI.  He  died  of  the  plague 
in  1348.  He  was  a  kinsman  of  Pierre  and  Gesbert  de  Serres  ; 
the  former,  who  was  the  husband  of  Ronelle  de  Mulhan,  was 
made  a  member  of  the  Cour  des  Comptes  or  the  Exchequer  of 
Poitiers.  Gesbert,  his  brother,  succeeded  in  1355  to  Guillaume 
de  Poitiers,  Bishop  of  Langres,  to  the  priory  and  sovereignty 
of  the  town  of  Saint-Esprit-sur  le  Rhone,  of  which  he  had  for- 
tified the  bridge  in  1350. 

Bertrand  de  Serris  went  to  the  Crusades  in  1191,  according 
to  Livre  d'Or  de  la  Noblesse  de  Europenne  (The  Book  of 
Gold)  which  contains  a  list  of  French  families  who  were  rep- 
resented in  the  Crusades  and  of  whom  the  Herald's  College  of 
France  claims  to  be  able  to  furnish  evidence  of  the  original 
titles  created  even  upon  the  soil  of  the  Orient. 

The  following  information  regarding  the  family  of  de  Serre 
de  Saint-Roman  is  derived  from  the  memoir  in  de  Courcelles' 
Genealogical  History  of  the  Peers  of  France  published  in  18*2~  : 

"This  family  by  the  name  of  de  Serre  or  de  Serres,  originally 
from  Cevennes,  existed  in  several  branches  with  possessions  as 
far  as  the  vicinity  of  Arre,  du  Vigan,  Sumene,  and  Aulas,  in 
the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  century  ;  but  the  titles  which 
prove  the  existence,  the  filiations  and  the  community  of  origin 
of  these  divers  branches  are  not  sufficient  in  number  to  estab- 
lish in  a  literal  manner  their  junction  to  the  primitive  trunk. 
It  has  been  believed,  however,  that  all  the  fragments  which 
precede  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century  should  be  brought 
together  as  much  as  to  guarantee  through  all  changes  to  come 


1900.] 


La  Serve  Evidences. 


89 


the  only  titles  which  will  be  able,  perhaps,  one  day  to  complete 
the  blanks  in  its  genealogy,  as  to  prove  the  age  and  the  char- 
acter of  nobility  of  this  family.  These  fragments  are  extracts 
from  many  of  its  letters  and  individual  memoirs,  from  an  exact 
and  figurative  copy  of  several  ancient  records  (1264,  1342,  1350, 
1356,  1359,  1360,  1373,  1379,  1384,  1386,  1403,  1420,  and  142,1), 
drawn  from  different  rolls  of  parchment  belonging  to  M. 
d'Arnal  de  Serre  and  certified  by  Jean  Jacques  Capion,  Royal 
Residing  Notary  of  Vigan,  under  date  of  August  1st,  1820. 

I.  Messire  Raimond  de 
Serre  named  and  recognized 
lord  dominant  of  Guillaume 
and  Pierre  de  la  Barre,  broth- 
ers in  the  record  of  1245  and 
having  equal  rank  with  Eti- 
enne  de  Serre.  After  him 
comes, 

1st,  Raimond  II, who  follows. 

2nd,  Hughes  de  Serre,  who 
gave  in  the  year  1278  a  feudal 
recognition  to  Pierre  de  Su- 
mene. 

II.  Raimond  II  de  Serre 
lived  in  1293  following  the 
record  which  agreed  .to  the 
rank  of  his  son  Berangier  who 
follows. 

III.  Beranger  de  Serres 
made  in  the  year  1293  con- 
jointly with  his  father  an  ex- 
change with  Bert  rand  and 
Raimond  d  e  Precoussols, 
father  and  son.  Nothing  fur- 
ther is  known  of  this  branch. 


I.  Nobleman  Etienne  de 
Serre  paid  by  record  of  Feby. 
15th  before  Vairet  notary  at 
Genoiilac  to  Guillaume  and 
Pierre  de  la  Barre,  brothers, 
for  the  half  of  the  rights  and 
honors  which  they  had  in  the 
lands  of  Vaumale,  parish  of 
St.  Andre  de  Lancize,  and  the 
estate  of  Campinalet,  which 
the  sellers  acknowledged  to 
hold  of  messire  Raimond  de 
Serre.  This  sale  was  ratified 
before  the  same  notary  July 
7th,  1264,  by  Pierre  de  la  Barre 
in  the  name  of  whom  Guil- 
laume, his  brother,  had  previ- 
ously stipulated  ;  by  record  of 
the  calends  of  July,  1264,  be- 
fore Francis  Plagnori,  notary 
of  Arre.  Raimond  Gazan, 
bailii  general  of  all  the  land  of 
Arre,  conceded  to  Nobleman 
Etienne  de  Serre  in  the  name 
of  Nobleman  Guilaume  d'An- 
duze,  the  use  of  the  waters  of 

the  river  Breausia  with  the  privilege  of  fishing  from  the  mill 
of  the  Cros,  owned  by  the  aforesaid  Etienne,  up  to  the  bridge 
del  Fouere.  Etienne  was  still  alive  in  1305  and  was  father  of 
Bertrand,  who  follows. 

II.  Noble  Bertrand  de  Serres,  resident  of  the  estates  of 
Serres,  in  the  Parish  of  Sumene,  espoused  Noble  Viarne  de 
Mars,  daughter  of  Pierre  de  Mars,  Gentleman,  who  in  1294 
added  to  the  dowery  of  his  daughter  the  entire  lordship  of  the 
estate  of  Vayrol.  Bertrand  de  Serres  conjointly  with  Etienne, 
his  father,  gave  a  piece  of  land  on  a  new  acapt?  by  deed  of  the 
year  1305.     Bertrand  had  for  sons  : 


2.    Aeapt.— -A  feudal  term.    The  recognition  by  a  vassal  of  his  eeigoeur  as  his  chief,  or 
quit  rent  holding  under  a  seigneur,  in  capite. 


w:- 


90  La  Ser/e  Evidences.  [Jan. 


1st,  Raimond,  who  follows. 

2nd,  Beranger  or  Beringuier  de  Serres,  Doctor  of  Laws,  who 
appeared  in  the  records  of  October  29th,  1354,  and  Septembcr 
6th,  1350,  and  in  an  infeodation  made  by  him  conjointly  with 
his  father  in  1358  to  Bernard  Fontes,  resident  of  Aulas. 

Ill,  Raimond  de  Serres,  da?noiseau*  lord  of  the  estates  of 
Serres,  received  in  1320  a  feudal  acknowledgment  from  Jean 
du  Mazel  for  the  tenement  of  Valyrol  ;  made  an  exchange  by 
deed  before  Falconio,  notary  of  Vigan,  with  Bernard  d'Alayrac, 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Marcel  de  Fontfouillouse,  of  the  right  of 
lordship  and  of  an  albergue*  which  he,  Raimond  de  Serre,  had 
had  of  the  land  of  Grez  against  the  lordship,  consul,  rents  and 
rights  upon  the  fiefs  and  albergiies  of  two  knights,  held  by  sev- 
eral individuals  of  Vigan,  situate  in  the  parish  of  Aulas,  and 
the  estates  of  Monteils  and  of  la  Poulveyriere  ;  in  the  year 
1347  Frezol  de  la  Roche  vested  him  with  two  albergiies  of 
knights  and  of  the  noble's  quit  rents  which  he  possessed  of  the 
holdings  of  :he  estates  of  de  Serres  and  in  the  barony  of 
Hierle  ;  he  came  to  terms  through  a  lawsuit  conjointly  with 
Beranger,  his  father,  October  29th,  135-1,  with  Pierre  and  Ber- 
nard de  Valnaraud  over  their  respective  pretentions  relating  to 
the  right  of  the  inheritance  of  Bernard  Castanier,  resident  of 
Aulas,  deceased  ab  intestat;  the  transaction  was  concluded  by 
mediation  of  their  good  friends,  Nobles  Elzias  de  Rogueclue, 
Defoat  de  Lascours,  etc.;  Raimond  de  Serre  paid  by  a  record 
pas>,ed  before  Guillaume  Pairs,  notary  of  the  Vicomte  de  Creis- 
sel  and  barony  of  Roquefeuil,  April  4th,  1359,  for  the  estate 
Rivauries,  in  the  parish  of  Saint  Saveur  de  Porciis,  which  Noble 
Paiges  de  Meyreuis  ceded  to  him  ;  paid  by  record  passed 
before  Beringuier  de  Grefeuille,  notary  of  Vigan,  the  11th  of 
the  same  month  and  year,  d'Aigrefeuille  Fraissinet,  alias  San- 
ction, wife  of  Jean  de  Camignes,  of  the  town  of  Vigan,  for  the 
lordship,  consuls,  rents,  rights,  etc.,  that  the  deceased  Raimond 
Fraissinet  alias  Sauchon,  her  father,  had  upon  all  the  goods. 
lands,  and  possessions  of  the  estates  of  Serres  in  the  parish  of 
Aulas,  also  that  of  the  lordship  she  had  over  the  property  of 
Alaysette-Francoise  de  Las  Sieys  ;  Pierre  Pages  sold  to  him 
the  usages,  fees,  consuls,  etc.,  that  he  had  of  the  estate  of 
Rivauries  by  record  passed  before  Guillaume  Joannin,  notary, 
August  3rd,  1300  ;  Raimond  de  Serres  gave  a  long  lease  to 
Jean  Figuiers.  resident  of  Aulas,  a  piece  of  land  situate  in  the 
government  of  Roquefrez,  by  record  of  Guillaume  de  la  Salic. 
notary  of  all  the  territory  of  Arre,  June  15th,  1373  ;  by  record 
passed  before  Bertrand  Guirand,  royal  notary,  he  gave  a  long 
lease  as  much  in  his  name  as  that  of  his  daughter  Marguerite 
on  a  piece  of  land  situate  in  the  parish  of  Aulas  to  the  lands 

3.  Damoiseau  is  a  title  similar  to  esquire,  meaning  page  or  a  young  gentleman  aspiring 
to  knighthood. 

4.  Albcrgric— (Feudal.)    A  long  lease  with  certain  restrictions. 


|li06.j  La  Serre  Evidences.  01 

of  Tours  to  Pierre  Pellows,  resident  of  the  said  Aulas.  Raimond 
s!c  Serre  was  not  living  later  than  January  10th,  1886.  He 
had  married  Esmangarde  de  Mondardier,  dame  in  part  of  Saint 
Martial."  By  her  he  had  an  only  daughter,  Marguerite  de 
Scrres,  who  follows. 

IV.  Marguerite  de  Serres,  dame  of  the  estates  of  Serre  and 
in  part  of  the  chateau  of  Saint  Martial,  near  Saint  Roman, 
espoused  Noble  Louis  Du  Pont,  Seigneur  of  Ardeliers,  who  in 
the  capacity  of  husband,  master  of  the  dowery  lands,  author- 
ized agent  of  Noble  Marguerite  de  Serres,  his  wife,  received 
the  20th  of  August,  1360,  twenty-two  feudal  recognitions  from 
divers  copyholders  of  the  parishes  and  premises  of  Saint  Mar- 
tial, de  Mars,  de  Serre  and  Aulas.  The  same  Louis  Du  Pont 
received  under  the  same  authority,  January  10th,  1386,  a  rec- 
ognition from  Raimond  Carel,  of  Aulas,  and  thirty-three  other 
recognitions  in  the  course  of  the  same  year.  Marguerite  de 
Serres  received,  June  19th  1403,  two  recognitions  from  Pierre 
Foiquier,  alias  du  Puy,  of  the  estates  of  Mars,  parish  of  Aulas, 
passed  before  Beringuier  la  Salle,  Clerk  of  the  Diocese  of 
Rodes,  Imperial  Notary,  and  of  the  Comte  d'Armagnac  and  of 
Rouergue,  in  all  the  barony  of  Roquefeuil,  She  received  Feb- 
ruary 10th,  1420,  a  recognition  from  Guillaume  de  Pierre  of  the 
half  that  he  had  through  joint  tenancy  with  her  and  Paul  Du 
Pont,  her  son,  and  the  Comte  d'Armagnac  and  de  Rouregue, 
to  the  estates  of  Cros  ;  the  same  Louis  Dupont  stipulating  in 
his  name  and  recognized  as  authorized  agent  for  his  mother  in 
the  capacity  of  heirs  of  the  late  Noble  Rostan  de  Saint  Martial, 
received  February  13th,  1420,  two  recognitions  of  the  leases  of 
Bernard  and  Jean  Liron  of  the  estates  of  Ardeliers  and  Gibert, 
parish  of  Saint  Martial  de  Vallerangue.  Marguerite  was  still 
alive  in  the  year  1421. 

The  records  lapse  for  nearly  half  a  century,  from  the  death 
of  Raimond  de  Serre  to  : 

I.  Noble  Pierre  de  Serres  or  Serre,  de  Setris  alias  de  Serroy 
living  at  Mazel  about  1420,  had  for  contemporary  Noble  Raoul 
de  Serres,  and  for  son  Raimond,  who  follows. 

II.  Raimond  de  Serres  lived  at  Mazel  near  des  Serres  in 
1477.  He  had  for  contemporary  Noble  Aimeric  de  Serre; 
married  January  7th,  1479,  to  Souveraine  d'Albignac :  the 
name  of  Raimond's  wife  is  not  known,  but  his  son  who  follows 
was: 

III.  Pierre  de  Serre,  who  conjointly  with  Raimond  de  Serre, 
his  father,  ceded  February  18th,  1477,  to  Guillaume  Du  .Pont, 
co-Seigneur  of  Saint-Martial  and  of  the  estates  of  Serres,  par- 
ish of  Saint-Martin  of  Aulas,  a  meadow  or  field  situate  at 
Penyremale,  in  exchange  for  which  the  said  Guillaume  Du 
Pont  ceded  to  him  a  meadow  situate  at  l'Estorte.     Pierre  de 


"92  La  Serre  Evidences.  Qan 


Serre  had  for  contemporary  Hughes  de  Serre,  named  with 
Etienne,  his  only  brother,  in  a  document  of  the  year  ]!'.•; 
The  memoirs  of  the  family  affirm  that  he  was  father  of  k\.\ 
Serres,  author  of  the  two  branches  perpetuated  up  to  our  ov. : 
time.  The  filiation  is  superabundantly  proved  by  the  record^ 
that  follow. 

I.  Noble  Jean  de  Serre  or  de  Serres,  first  of  the  name. 
Seigneur  in  part  of  Fromental,  parish  of  Saint  Roman  de  Cor- 
diers,  named  with  Noble  Guidon  de  Serre,  his  son,  Guillaume 
Bymart,  co-Seigneur  of  Fromental,  and  Isabelle  de  Castelv-;', 
in  a  commission  given  at  Nismes  August  27th,  1543,  by  Chara- 
de Crussol,  Vicomte  d'Uzes,  seneschal  of  this  town  and  oi 
Beaucaire,  and  addressed  to  one  of  his  sergeants,  to  request 
the  above-named  to  constrain5  their  vassals  and  tenants  or"  the 
possessions  controlled  under  their  lordship,  to  number  then 
(i.  e.,  to  take  a  census)  and  receive  recognition  of  their  fiefs 
The  name  of  Jean's  wife  is  not  known,  but  he  had  three  son:, . 

First,  Guidon,  who  continues  the  descent. 

Second,  Noble  Jean  de  Serre,  )  Named  in  an  instrument  dated 

Third,  Noble  Pierre  de  Serre,  \      August  27th,  1543. 


5.    To  constrain.— From  the  French  verb  contraindre,  -which  means  to  compel,  to  for.;- 
etc.,  hut  doubtless  in  this  sense  refers  to  the  collection  of  taxes. 

Note.— The  collector  of  these  evidences  is  indebted  for  his  compilation  to  the  folio 
ing  authorities: 

Armorial  General  de  la  France,  by  D'Hozier. 

Ilistoire  G^n^alogique  et  K£raldique  des  Pairs  de  France,  by  de  Courcelles. 

Armorial  de  la  France,  by  D'Auriac. 

Le  Correspondant,  Paris,  Vol.  72,  p.  380. 


HERALDRY. 

The  Committee  on  Heraldry  of  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genea- 
logical Society  will  record  in  the  pages  of  The  Quarterly 
"Arms"  now  or  formerly  in  use  in  its  territory,  or  among 
members  of  the  Society,  for  which  no  fee  will  be  charged ';  if 
illustrations  are  desired,  the  cost  of  plates  must  be  borne  by 
the  persons  inserting  the  same. 

The  committee  would  be  glad  of  the  co-operation  of  mem- 
bers, or  those  interested,  in  preserving  all  records  of  arms. 
The  committee  does  not  stamp  with  authority  any  claims  to 
the  armorial  bearings  which  are  registered,  but  aims  to  admit 
only  such  as  are  authentic. 

A.  W.  Mackenzie,  Chairman. 


Register  of  Arms. 

Shepard,  Arms — Gules,  three  battle-axes  or,  a  chief 
ermine.  Crest — Two  battle-axes  in  saltire,  or. 
Motto :    "Nee  timeo  nee  zperno." 

Borne  by  Shepard  of  Earl's  Colne,  County 
Essex,  England,  and  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  their 
descendants. 


SHEPARD. 


Dexter.  Arms — Argent,  two  chevrons  azure,  a  can- 
ton gules.  Crest— A  tree  ppr.,  pendant  therefrom 
two  weights. 

Granted  by  Ulster  King  to  the  Dexters  of 
Castle  Dexter,  Town  of  Slane,  Ireland,  ancestors 
of  Richard  Dexter,  born  near  Slane,  County 
Meath,  Ireland. 


93 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Notes. 


Kortright-Monroe. — The  answer  that  Miss  M.  Josephine  Tilton  gives  \< 
Kortright-Monroe  query  is  wrong,  .The  correct  answer  can  be  found  ii 
Genealogical  Exchange,"  p.  22,  July,  1905. 

Mrs.  Natalie  R.  Fernald,  Editor. 

230  Ashland  Ave.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


Walter  Eliot  Thwing,  Esq.,  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  is  compiling  a  history  of 
the  First  Church  of  Roxbury,  over  which  as  a  teacher  John  Eliot,  the 
Apostle  to  the  Indians,  presided  for  over  fifty  years. 


QUERIES. 

The  department  of  Queries  is  free  to  members  of  this  Society  only.  To  all  others  a 
charge  of  ten  cents  per  line  will  be  made. 

Persons  sending  queries  to  The  Quarterly  should  give  their  names  and  P.  O.  addrcv--. 
Replies  to  queries  should  in  all  cases  be  sent  to  the  Editor,  for  insertion  in  The  Quarterly. 

Parish. — Information  is  desired  as  to  the  ancestry  of  Cyprian  Parish, 
born  about  1/&I  and  died  in  lboO  at  Worthington,  Mass.  J.  E.  >N. 


Evans — Lyon. — Cotton  Mather  Evans  and  wife,  Rebecca  Lyon,  had  son 
Nathaniel  Evans,  born  17  Jan.,  1773,  who  lived  in  Middlebury,  Yt.,  about 
1810.    Information  concerning  their  ancestry  is  desired.  J.  E.  X. 


PROCEEDINGS   OF    THE   "OLD    NORTHWEST" 
GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  April  6,  1905. 

The  Society  met  in  the  rooms,  the  President,  Col.  James  Kilbourn»\  in 
the  chair.  Present:  Messrs.  Phillips,  Phelps,  Buckingham  of  Zanesviile, 
Hunter  of  Chillicothe,  Kersey,  the  President  and  the  Secretary. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved.  The  following 
active  members  were  then  elected:  D.  J.  Byan,  DeWitt  C.  Jones,  Edwin 
F,  McManigal,  Frank  C.  Hubbard,  Franklin  Ewing  Martin,  Robert  J. 
AVheaton,  John  L.  Vance,  Jr.,  Charles  S.  Hamilton,  M.  D.,  James  G.  West- 
water,  Jr.,  Alfred  L.  Willson,  Eugene  Gray;,  Rev.  John  Hewitt,  Charles  E. 
Williams,  P.  W.  Huntington,  John  Miller  McDonald,  John  E.  Sater,  C.  E, 
..  Howells,  M.  D.,  Wilson  R  Carlile,  all  of  Columbus ;  William  F.  Barr,  Brici , 
Ohio;  Charles  A.  Carlisle,  South  Bend,Ind.;  and  the  Women's  Centennial 
Association  of  Granville,  Ohio.  Associate  members,  Julia  B.  Foraker, 
Washington,  I).  C. ;  Jacob  Christian  Kuppenthail,  Russell,  Kan.;  the  St. 
Louis  Mercantile  Library,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Corresponding  members,  J.  J. 
Musket,  London,  Eng.;  G.  II.  Langham,  London,  Eng.;  C.  H..Athill,  Rich- 
mond Herald,  London,  Eng.;  C.  W.  Mainwaring,  Hartford,  Conn.;  William 
A.  Crozier,  F.  K.  S.,  New  York  City.    Honorary  members,  James  H.  Ander- 

94 


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eon,  Columbus,  Ohio  ;  James  H.  Lea,  South  Freeport,  Me.;  W.  A.  Copinger, 
K.  S.  A.,  LL.  D.f  Manchester,  Eng,,  and  Frederick  E.  Crisp,  F.  S.  A.,  Lon- 
don, Eug. 

After  discussion  of  the  affairs  of  the  Society,  Mr.  W.  PI.  Hunter,  of  Chiili- 
coth'e,  was  invited  to  read  before  the  next  quarterly  meeting  a  paper  on 
General  St.  Clair.    On  motion  the  Society  adjourned. 

Frank  T.  Cole,  Secretary. 


Columbus,  Ohio,  June  S,  1005. 

The  Society  was  called  to  order  by  the  President.  Present:  Messrs. 
Brooks,  Kersey,  Hills,  Phillips,  Energies,  Medbery,  Barr,  Hunter,  Wheatoii, 
Phelps,  Jeffrey,  Potter,-  Miss  Maltby,  Miss  Russell,  the  President  and  the 
Secretary ;  also  visitors,  Mrs.  Hills,  Mrs.  Gard,  the  Misses  Dyar,  and  Mr. 
Merrick  of  Cleveland. 

The  reading  of  the  minutes  was  dispensed  with  and  the  following  were 
elected  to  membership :  Active  members,  Henry  D.  Turney,  Robert  M. 
Rownd,  Harry  M.  Semans,  Curtis  C.  Howard,  Samuel  L.  Black,  Mrs.  Henry 
M.  Neil,  Er»kine  B,  I*uD>rton.  M.  D... Herbert  M.  Burrington.  Paul  Jonos, 
John  J.  Beekman,  M.  D.,  Willis  G.  Bowland,  Charles  1).  Hinman,  Kate 
Ruth  Blair,  all  of  Columbus;  Melville  F.  Barrows,  Xenia,  Ohio;  James 
Cutler,  M.  D.,  Richwood,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Eliza  S.  Shepardson  and  Mrs.  Burton 
Case,  of  Granville,'  Ohio;  Hartwell  Osbom,  of  Evanston,  111.  Associate 
member,  W.  F.  Douthirt,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Corresponding  member,  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Gerould,  of  Hollis,  N.  H.  Life  member,  Frank  W.  Jennings, 
of  Columbus.  Honorary  member,  Francis  W.  Shepardson,  Ph.  P.,  of 
Chicago,  111. 

The  following  were  appointed  delegates  to  represent  the  Society  at  the 
Granville  Centennial  in  September:  The  President,  Col.  James  Kilbourne  ; 
the  Vice  President,  S.  C.  Derby;  the  Secretary,  F.  T.  Cole;  Miss  Alice 
Boardman,  and  Messrs;  Buckingham,  Whayman,  Bancroft,  Colton,  Barr, 
E.  J.  Smith  and  Ward.  The  Society  then  adjourned  to  listen  to  the 
address  on  General  St.  Clair  by  William  H.  Hunter,  Esq.,  of  Chillicothe. 

Prank  T.  Cole,  Secretary. 


Columbus,  Ohio,  October  5,  1005. 

The  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogical 
Society  was  held  at  its  rooms,  187  East  Broad  street.  Present:  Messrs. 
Buckingham  of  Zanesville,  Hunter  of  Chillicothe,  Barr  of  Brice,  LaSerre  of 
Coshocton,  Kersey  and  Phelps  of 'Columbus,  and  the  Secretary.  In  the 
absence  of  the  President  and  Vice  President,  Mr.  Hunter  was  called  to  the 
chair.  The  minutes  were  read  and  approved.  William  A.  Macy,  M.  D.,  of 
King's  Park,  Long  Island,  was  elected  an  associate  member,  and  the  Gran- 
ville Historical  Society  was  elected  to  library  membership.  Mr.  C.  F. 
LaSerre  having  presented  to  the  library  books  to  the  value  of  cdOO,  was 
declared  a  life  member. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted  that  the  price  of  The  Quarterly  for  the  future 
would  be  81.00  per  copy. 

On  motion,  the  Society  adjourned.  Frank  T.  Cole,  Secretary. 


BOOK  NOTICES. 

[Persons  sending  books  for  notice  should  state,  for  the  information  of  readers,  the  pri(  • 
of  each  book,  -with  the  amount  to  be  added  for  postage,  or  charges,  by  mail  or  express.] 

A  Sketch  of  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  Reminiscences  and  Sketches  of  Keene  Btop?<; 
Paper,  pp.  44.  ' 

This  valuable  sketch  contains  interesting  notices  of  the  sites,  incidents, 

buildings  and  families  of  Keene,  and  should  prove  of  service  to  the  student 

of  New  Hampshire  history. 

A  History  of  Battery  "A"  of  St.  Louis.    By  Valentine  Mott  Porter,    pp.  48. 

An  interesting  monograph,  and  one  which  should  be  preserved.  Mr. 
Porter  has  done  his  work  well,  and  has  laid  the  reader  under  obligation. 

Richard  Clarke  of  Rowley,  Mass.,  and  his   Descendants  in  the  line  of  Timothy 
Clarke  of  Rockingham,  Vt.,  1638-1904.    By  Thomas  Bellows  Peck.    Boston': 
Press  of  David  Clapp  &  Son.     1905.     Cloth  bound,  pp.  93. 
The  compiler  gives  a  well-nigh  exhaustive  history  of  the  line  of  Timothy 
Clarke,  and  especially  good  evidences  of  the  beginnings  of  the  family  i:i 
New  England.    The  light  he  throws  upon  the  settlement  of  "Quimpeuoir 
is  valuable  indeed.    He  has  made  good  use  of  his  access  to  the  Essex  Insti- 
tute Collections,    and  the  references   he  gives  to  various  New  England 
sources  of  information  are  exact  and  comprehensive. 

Genealogy  of  the  Blish  Family  in  America,  1637-1905.    Compiled  by  John 

KnoxBlish.     Kewanee,  Illinois.     1905.     Cloth  bound,  pp.  366. 

One  of  a  limited  edition  of  three  hundred  and  fifteen  copies.  It  is  doubt- 
ful whether  a  better  "genealogy"  has  appeared  in  the  Central  West.  The 
plan  is  simple  and  clear.  Each  name  is  given  a  distinct  number,  and  nil 
authorities  for  statements  are  given  in  a  full  and  exact  manner  in  the  body 
of  the  book. 

The  additional  notes,  upon  the  Fuller,  Hall,  Lothrop  and  Jones  families 
are  deserving  of  especial  mention. 

A  table  of  abbreviations  and  glossary  of  obscure  words  are  important  and 
of  value  not  only  to  the  genealogist,  but  to  the  student  of  early  Colonial 
history.  This  book  should  be  in  all  libraries  having  any  pretensions  to  a 
department  of  genealogy. 

History  of  Hadley,  including  the  early  history  of  Hatfield,  South  Hadley,  Amherd 

and  Granby,  Mass.     By  Sylvester  Judd,  with  an  introduction  by  George 

Sheldon,  also  family  genealogies  by  Lucius  M,  Boltwood.     Published  by 

H.  R.  Huntling  &  Co.,  Springfield,  Mass.    Illustrated,    pp.  709.    Price  >0. 

The  History  of  Hadley  first  published  in  1863,  was  the  result  of  nearly  a 

lifetime  work  of  Sylvester  Judd,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  antiquarit- 

of  New  England,  who  died  before  his  work  was  published.    His  vast  mass 

of  manuscript  materials  were  soon  afterwards  collated  and  prepared  for 

publication  by  Hon.  Lucius  M.  Boltwood,  the  librarian  of  Amherst  College, 

but  has  long  since  been  out  of  print. 

To  the  present  edition  has  been  added  much  interesting  historical  mat- 
ter, also  a  complete  historical  index,  with  a  genealogical  index  of  the  orig- 
inal families  ami  their  descendants,  an  introduction  of  some  forty  pag*'* 
prepared  by  Mr.  George  Sheldon,  ot  Peerfield,  embodying  a  long-deserved 
tribute  to  the  Rev.  John  Russell,  the  "Hero  Minister,"  first  pastor  of  the 
Church  of  Hadley,  whose  home  was  for  many  years  the  secret  dwelling 
place  of  the  "Regicide  Judges"  Golle  and  Whalley,  when  the  minions  vi 
Charles  II  were  hunting  every  corner  of  New  England  with  the  persistence 

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of  bloodhounds  for  these  patriot  lovers  of  liberty.  Mr.  Sheldon  has  made  a 
thorough  and  exhaustive  study  of  the  well-known  "Angel  of  Hadley"  tra- 
dition, and  here  gives  the  full  results  of  his  investigations. 

This  history  of  Hadley  is  intensely  interesting  to  the  general  reader,  and 
•jives  us  a  graphic  picture  of  the  early  colonial  times,  the  manners  and  cue- 
t  'ins  of  our  forefathers,  both  religious  and  civil.  It  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settled  towns  of  the  celebrated  Connecticut  valley  grant,  located  upon  a 
peninsula  formed  by  a  great  bend  in  the  river,  each  end  of  its  broad,  elm- 
embowered  "twin  streets"  terminating  in  the  waters  of  the  noble  stream 
as  it  sweeps  from  east  to  west  and  from  west  to  east  again  before  continuing 
its  journey  southward  between  the  spurs  of  Tom  and  Holyoke  to  the  falls 
below,  where  still  is  heard  the 

"  Heart  of  Hadley  slowly  beating  under  midnight's  azure  breast." 

The  picture  from  the  nearby  summit  of  Mt.  Holyoke  of  this  old  town, 
the  "plaided  meadows  carpet  for  the  gods,"  "the  winding  and  willow- 
fringed  Connecticut"  and  "the  landscape  piled  afar"  on  either  hand,  is  one 
of  the  most  charming  to  be  found  in  the  world.  At  Hockanum  may  still 
be  seen  the  quaint,  old-fashioned  wire  ferryboat  conveying  its  passengers 
with  "automatic  diligence"  from  shore  to  shore  in  the  same  manner  it  has 
done  for  two  hundred  and  fifty  years. 

The  publishers  of  this  edition  of  the  History  of  Hadley  are  entitled  to 
the  thanks  of  the  public  for  thus  placing  within  easy  reach  this  most  valu- 
able contribution  to  the  historical  literature  of  our  country.  D.  E.  P. 

Early  History  of  Town  of  HopJdnton  (State  of^ew  York),  History  of  East  Village 
(Nicholville)  and  Vicinity — Diaries  of  Elisha  Risdon  and  Artemus  Kent ; 
Soldiers  of  the  Civil  War ;  Genealogical  record  of  sixty  of  the  pioneer 
families ;  with  two  maps  and  one  hundred  and  forty  illustrations.  By 
Carlton  E.  Sanford,  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  The  Bartlett  Press,  Boston,  Mass. 
1903.     pp.  604. 

The  locality  of  whicli  this  work  is  the  subject  is  in  Northeastern  New 
York,  not  far  from  Lake  Champlain,  and  was  settled  some  hundred  years 
ago  by  families  from  Vermont,  the  descendants  of  original  Massachusetts 
and  Connecticut  emigrants.  The  origin  and  foundation  of  the  work  was 
a  diary  carefully  kept  for  many  years  by  Elisha  Risdon,  one  of  the  early 
settlers,  and  forms  a  graphic  picture  of  the  life  and  customs  of  the  time. 
Elisha  Risdon  came  to  this  town  in  1804,  near  the  beginning  of  its  settle- 
ment, and  for  more  than  forty  years  was  a  conspicuous  figure  in  its  affairs. 
During  the  first  thirty  years  of  his  life  in  this  town  his  chief  diversion 
Beems  to  have  been  deer  hunting,  for  which  he  had  a  remarkable  passion. 
On  one  of  the  pages  of  his  diary  he  says  that  from  1804  to  1833  he  had  killed 
579  deer;  the  largest  number  in  one  year  was  in  1815,  when  as  many  as  50 
fell  victims  to  his  unerring  aim.  Venison  was  the  chief  meat  supply  for 
the  family  at  that  time  in  Northern  New  York.  Some  account  of  another 
famous  hunter  is  found  on  page  401.  It  is  there  recorded  that  Thomas 
Meacham,  who  kept  an  account  of  the  animals  killed  by  him,  as  follows: 
214  wolves,  77  panthers,  210  boars,  2,550  deer. 

Some  1C0  pages  are  devoted  to  the  genealogical  records  of  the  pioneer 
families.  The  work  is  printed  in  large,  clear  type,  and  the  many  fine  illus- 
trations are  not  the  least  attractive  feature  of  the  work,  which  ranks  among 
the  best  in  the  line  of  genealogical  publications.  D.  E.  P. 

The  Genealogy  of  the  Descendants  of  Henry  Kingsbury  of  Ipswich  and  Haverhill, 
Mass.  Erom  collections  made  by  Frederick  John  Kingsbury,  LL.  D. 
Edited  with  extensive  additions  by  Mary  Kingsbury  Talcott.  Hartford: 
Press,  the  Case,  Lockwood  &  Brainard  Co.  1905.  Edition  only  three 
hundred  copies. 

One  of  the  finest  genealogical  works  printed  this  year,  contains  732  pages 
printed  upon  calendered  paper  and  illustrated  by  70  full-page  photo  and 
pteel  engravings,  maps,  etc.,  which  add  greatly  to  the  beauty  and  value  of 
the  work.    It  is  fully  indexed  ;  in  fact  no  pains  or  expense  seems  to  have 


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been  spared  to  make  it  complete  and  attractive  in  all  respects.  In  the 
introduction  the  compiler  refers  to  these  genealogical  records  as  "  human 
documents"  or  "footnotes  to  history"  which  the  future  searcher  will  find  of 
great  aid  in  drawing  philosophical  and  physiological  deductions  regarding 
the  restless,  energetic  race  now  occupying  the  territory  covered  by  the 
United  States  of  America;  "each  individual  life  has  a  personal  interest  and 
a  part  in  the  cumulative  work  of  the  race." 

The  first  chapters  are  devoted  to  some  results  of  extended  researches 
among  the  English  archives,  for  records  of  the  family,  which  are  found  in 
various  parts  of  the  Kingdom  dating  back  to  the  seventh  century.  The 
family  from  whom  the  first  emigrant  was  descended  was  living  in  East 
Anglia  (Suffolk  and  Essex)  as  early  as  the  twelfth  century  time  of  Edward 
III,  and  the  records  show  them  to  have  been  dwellers  of  that  part  of  the 
country  down  to  the  time  of  the  emigration  under  Winthrop  in  1630,  when 
Henry* Kingsbury  of  Assington  (Suffolk),  next  parish  to  Groton,  the  home 
of  Winthrop,  came  over  in  the  "Talbot."  The  very  human  character  of  his 
family  is  recorded  by  Winthrop  in  his  journal  under  date  of  March  23, 
1030,  on  board  the  "Arballa"  riding  at  Cowes:  "Henry  Kingsbury  has  a 
child  or  two  in  the  'Talbot'  sick  with  the  measles." 

This  work  will  be  of  intense  interest  to  the  Kingsbury  posterity,  and  it  is 
to  be  regretted  that  the  edition  is  so  small,  as  it  will  be  certain  to  be  desired 
far  beyond  its  limits.  D.  E.  P. 


THE  "  OLD  NORTHWEST  " 

GENEALOGICAL  QUARTERLY. 


APRIL,    1906. 


JEREMIAH  MORROW. 


First  Representative  to  Congress  from  Ohio,  United  States 
Senator,  and  Governor. 

By  his  grandson,  Josiah  Morrow,  Lebanon,  Ohio. 
(Continued  from  page  27.) 

Congressman-at-Large.  ' 

THE  first  election  of  a  Representative  in  Congress  from 
Ohio  was  held  June  21,  1803.  No  other  officer  was 
voted  for  on  that  day,  yet  much  interest  in  the  result 
was  felt  by  the  people  throughout  the  state  and  a  large  vote 
was  polled.  The  selection  of  Morrow  as  the  Republican  can- 
didate by  the  members  of  the  legislature  at  its  last  session  did 
not  prevent  the  announcement  of  other  candidates  of  both 
parties.  Six  candidates  were  announced  in  the  newspapers 
and  there  were  others  who  received  some  votes.  Among  the 
candidates  were  William  McMillan,  a  talented  lawyer  of  Cin- 
cinnati who  had  served  as  a  delegate  in  Congress  from  the 
Northwest  territory  ;  Michael  Baldwin  of  Chillicothe,  Speaker 
of  the  Ohio  House  of  Representatives  ;  Col.  Elias  Langham 
of  Ross  county,  and  William  Goforth  of  Hamilton  county. 
After  the  announcement  in  the  papers  of  these  names,  a  com- 
munication dated  at  Deerfield  appeared  in  the  Wes(er?i  Spy  of 
May  25,  recommending  Jeremiah  Morrow  as  a  person  well 
qualified  to  represent  the  state  in  Congress,  and  in  referring  to 
his  services  in  the  territorial  and  state  legislatures  made  par- 
ticular mention  of  his  "firm  and  manly  stand  against  a  host  of 
opponents  at  the  last  session  of  the  territorial  legislature  in 
opposition  to  that  base  and  truly  alarming  law  for  altering  the 
boundaries  of  the  eastern  state  which  was  calculated  to  effect 


100  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [Ann], 

a  division  of  the  territory,  to  defeat  a  state  government,  to 
barter  away  the  dearest  rights  and  privileges  of  our  citizens 
and  rivet  the  chains  of  slavery  about  their  necks  for  main 
years  to  come." 

Of  the  canvass  for  the  first  Representative  from  Ohio  3 
single   letter  has  been   preserved   by  its  publication  in  Cists 

Cincinnati  Miscellany,  and  it  is  here  given  :   ;,." 

1  *  "  ?  '*)  ? 
"  Ciiillicotiie,  May  25th,  1803. 

"Dear  Sir:— I  was  favored  with  your  letter  of  the  14th  inst.,  inclosiisg 
my  receipt.  In  answer  to  that  part  of  your  letter  relating  to  the  ensuing 
election,  I  can  only  say  that  I  know  you  must  be  convinced  that  I  have 
uniformly,  since  the  commencement  of  our  acquaintance,  given  you  every 
evidence  of  my  respect  for  you  personally  and  for  the  principles  you  advo- 
cate. But,  sir,  situated  as  I  now  am,  I  cannot  consistently  with  that  im«  „-• 
rity  I  wish  to  pursue,  give  up  Mr.  Morrow.  This  gentleman  was  brought 
forward  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  a  large  majority  of  the  Republican 
members  at  the  close  of  the  last  session.  It  was  agreed  to  support  him  in 
the  different  counties,  and  so  far  as  I  can  learn  the  sentiments  of  the  peop! 
in  the  eastern  counties,  in  this  county,  and  in  Adams  county,  this  will-lie 
done.  An  attempt  to  change  the  present  plan  would  certainly  at  this  late 
period  effectually  prevent  the  election  of  either  yourself  or  Mr.  Morrow, 
and  ensure  the  election  of  a  Federalist.  I  am  sure,  sir,  you  do  not  wish  to 
see  this  eifect  produced  by  a  division  of  Republican  interests,  nor  in  aiiv 
other  way.  I  am  informed  from  the  most  authentic  sources  that  the  F<  1- 
eralists  are  taking  the  most  active  measures  in  support  of  a  man  of  their 
own  politics.  Under  these  circumstances,  if  you  could  by  any  means  give 
your  aid  in  the  support  of  a  Republican,  it  would  be  a  happy  circumstance. 
I  beg  you  will  believe  me,  very  sincerely, 

"  Your  friend.  T.  Worth ington. 

"  William  Goforth,  Esq." 

A  circular  in  favor  of  William  McMillan,  dated  at  Cincinnati, 
May  9, 1803,  was  issued,  signed  by  Jacob  Burnet,  Martin  Baum, 
James  Smith,  Ethan  Stone,  John  Reily  and  W.  Stanley.  Efforts 
were  made  to  concentrate  the  vote  of  the  Federalists  upon  Mr. 
McMillan,  who  had  been  active  in  support  of  measures  to 
defeat  the  formation  of  a  state  government. 

Morrow  was  successful,  having  not  only  a  large  plurality 
over  William  McMillan,  the  next  highest  candidate,  but  almost 
as  many  votes  as  all  his  six  opponents.  He  received  3,701 
votes  out  of  a  total  of  7,518.  The  vote  of  the  Republican  can- 
didates was  5,558,  of  the  Federal  candidates  1,900.  He  was 
re-elected  for  four  successive  terms  without  the  formality 
of  a  nomination,  by  any  convention,  or,  so  far  as  is  known, 
by  any  caucus  of  the  members  of  the  legislature.  In  none 
of  these  succeeding  elections  was  a  Federalist  brought  out 
against  him.  So  powerless  were  the  Federalists  in  Ohio. 
that  they  were  silent  in  politics  and  seldom  attempted  to  ele<  ' 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  101 

a  candidate  of  their  own  party  for  any  office.  In  1804,  at  the 
first  Presidential  election  in  Ohio,  a  Federal  electoral  ticket 
was  put  in  the  field,  probably  against  the  wishes  of  a  majority 
of  the  party,  and  it  only  received  364  votes  in  the  entire  state, 
while  the  Republican  ticket  received  2,593  votes.  In  1804, 
1S06  and  1808,  Mr.  Morrow's  opponents  were  members  of  his 
own  party,  none  of  whom  probably  entertained  much  hope  of 
success.  His  majorities  increased  at  successive  elections  and 
in  1810  he  was  elected  without  opposition.  His  five  terms  of 
office  embraced  the  entire  period  during  which  the  state  was 
entitled  to  only  a  single  Representative  in  Congress.* 

After  his  third  election  the  question  of  his  declining  the 
candidacy  for  a  fourth  term  was,  as  appeared  from  one  of  his 
private  letters,  taken  into  consideration  by  himself  and  some 
of  his  friends.  On  November  30,  1807,  he  wrote  Thomas 
Worthington  :  "As  to  the  propriety  of  my  declining  the  next 
election  I  have  only  to  say  that  after  mature  consideration  and 
availing  myself  of  the  advice  of  our  worthy  friend,  Doctor 
Tiffin,  I  have  concluded  not  to  say  anything  at  present  on  that 
subject.  If  our  legislature,  or  rather  the  members,  should  at 
the  present  session  make  a  nomination  it  shall  be  perfectly 
agreeable  to  me.  I  am  perfectly  reconciled  to  withdrawing 
from  public  life."  Before  the  next  election,  the  desire  of  the 
people  that  he  should  be  continued  in  the  office  was  so  general 
that  he  consented  to  be  a  candidate,  and  he  received  more  than 
twice  as  many  votes  as  his  opponent,  although  that  opponent 
was  the  talented  Philemon  Beecher,  of  Lancaster,  one  of  the 
foremost  lawyers  of  the  state.  When  he  was  a  candidate  for 
the  fifth  term,  efforts  were  made  to  induce  Mr.  Beecher  to  run 
a  second  time  against  him,  and  Governor  Huntington,  of 
Cleveland,  was  also  urged  to  be  a  candidate,  but  both  these 
gentlemen  declined  and  he  had  no  opposing  candidate  at  that 
election. 

The  certificate  of  his  election  and  the  proclamation  of  the 
President  convening  Congress  in  an  extra  session  to  begin 
October  17,  1803,  were  received   about   the   same   time.     The 

*  The  following  -was  the  vote  for  Congxessman-at-Large,  June  21,  ISO:!:  Jeremiah 
Morrow,  of  Warren,  3.701;  William  McMillan.  Hamilton,  1,873;  Michael  Baldwin,  Ross. 
'"■-;  Klins  Larigham.  Rofs,  filo;  William  Goforth.  Hamilton,  313;  Bezaleel  Wells.  Jeiten-on 
*8;  David  Abbott.  Trumbull,  27;  William  McMullin,  9. 

At  the  election  in  October,  1804,  incomplete  returns  indicate  a  vote  of  2,7^0  for  Morrow 
and  l. :;'.)()  for  Elias  Langham  of  Ross.    • 

In  18  0  Morrow  received  8,735  and  James  Fritohard.  of  Jefferson.  2,864. 

In  1>0S  Morrow  received  10.309  anil  Philemon  Beecher,  of  Fairfield,  4.485. 

In  LSIO  the  vote  ha>  not  been  found,  but  Morrow  had  no  opposing  candidate. 


102  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [April, 

extra  session  was  rendered  necessary  by  the  treaty  for  the 
purchase  of  Louisiana.  He  soon  began  his  preparations  for 
his  departure  to  the  national  capital,  to  reach  which  a  journey 
in  the  saddle  through  the  forests  of  Ohio  and  over  the  Alle- 
gheny mountains  was  necessary.  Taking  with  him  his  wife 
and  their  two  children,  aged  respectively  three  years  and 
eighteen  months,  the  journey  was  made  on  two  horses  to  the 
former  home  of  his  wife  in  the  vicinity  of  Brownsville,  Penn- 
sylvania. Leaving  his  family  here  until  the  close  of  the  session. 
he  continued  his  ride  through  his  native  region  to  Washington. 
a  city  which  had  begun  its  existence  since  his  emigration  to 
the  western  country. 

For  sixteen  successive  years  Mr.  Morrow  made  the  journey 
to  and  from  the  national  capital  on  horseback,  with  saddle-bags 
and  leggings,  often  well  spattered  with  mud,  fording  the  bridge- 
less  streams  and  sometimes  swimming  his  horse  through  the 
swollen  waters.  The  journey  was  more  trying  on  the  strength 
and  endurance  of  the  horse  than  of  the  rider.  Especially  was 
the  return  homeward  in  the  spring  slow  and  difficult.  The 
forests  kept  the  roads  moist  and  in  the  fresh  condition  of  the 
soil  they  often  became  almost  impassable.  With  one  favorite 
and  hardy  horse  Mr.  Morrow  made  fourteen  successive  trips 
over  the  mountains  in  seven  successive  years. 

His  way  from  the  Little  Miami  to  the  national  capital  led 
through  Chillicothe,  Ohio's  old  capital,  whence  he  was  some- 
times accompanied  on  his  long  ride  by  Thomas  Worthington, 
who  was  for  nine  years  United  States  Senator. 

It  was  in  the  month  of  October,  1803,  that  he  first  arrived  at 
the  national  capital.  He  was  an  entire  stranger,  the  Repre- 
sentative of  the  newest  state,  without  the  personal  acquaint- 
ance probably  of  a  single  individual  except  the  Senators  from 
his  own  state.  Washington,  which  Mrs.  John  Adams,  three 
years  before,  had  described  as  a  "new  country,"  was  still  a  city 
only  in  name. 

It  is  related  that  when  the  Representative  of  the  new  state 
first  called  to  pay  his  respects  to  the  President,  Mr.  Jefferson 
expressed  to  him  his  regret  that  slavery  had  not  been  allowed 
in  Ohio  for  a  limited  time.  It  was  not  an  uncommon  argument 
at  that  time  that  the  extension  of  slavery  over  a  wide  area  by 
diminishing  the  number  of  slaves  in  the  older  states  tended  to 
make  the  institution  unprofitable  and  therefore  to  destroy  it. 


i' 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  103 

In  the  convention  which  framed  the  first  constitution  of  Ohio, 
Mr.  John  W.  Browne,  of  Hamilton  county,  had  unsuccessfully 
endeavored  to  permit  a  modified  form  of  slavery  in  the  new 
state  by  a  clause  in  the  Bill  of  Rights  declaring  that,  "No  per- 
son shall  be  held  in  slavery,  if  a  male,  after  he  is  thirty-five 
years  of  age,  and  if  a  female,  after  twenty-five  years  of  age." 
Mr.  Browne  in  advocating  this  clause,  said  that  it  was  thought 
by  the  greatest  men  in  the  nation  to  be  a  great  step  toward  the 
emancipation  of  the  slaves. 

Among  the  most  distinguished  members  of  the  President's 
cabinet  was  Albert  Gallatin,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and 
between  him  and  Mr.  Morrow  there  sprang  up  a  warm  and 
enduring  friendship.  Gallatin  was  at  the  head  of  the  Treasury 
Department  during  three  successive  Presidential  terms,  and 
throughout  that  time  gave  Mr.  Morrow  the  highest  evidence 
of  his  friendship,  confidence  and  esteem. 

He  took  his  seat  as  a  member  of  Congress  on  October  17, 
1803,  the  first  day  of  the  called  session  of  the  Eighth  Congress. 
At  this  session  he  was  made  a  member  of  various  committees 
on  the  public  lands,  and  at  the  next  session  as  chairman  of  a 
select  committee  to  enquire  what  alterations  were  necessary  in 
the  laws  relating  to  the  sale  and  survey  of  the  public  lands,  he 
reported  his  first  bill  which  became  a  law. 

His  true  place  as  a  member  of  Congress  was  soon  found.  It 
was  that  of  a  worker  and  not  a  debater.  Although  he  was  able 
to  express  himself  in  the  House  and  Senate  in  a  clear  and 
impressive  manner,  he  made  not  the  slightest  pretensions  to 
oratory  and  his  appearance  in  debate  was  rare.  His  speeches 
were  always  short,  probably  never  exceeding  twenty  minutes  ; 
generally  they  were  of  less  length.  He  who  studies  the  history 
of  Congress  only  in  its  debates  will  hardly  learn  that  Jeremiah 
Morrow  was  for  ten  years  the  only  Representative  from  Ohio, 
but  he  who  consults  the  reports  of  committees  in  the  American 
state  papers,  or  the  details  of  legislation  in  the  Journal  of  the 
House  or  in  Gales  and  Seaton's  Annals,  will  find  that  few  men 
did  more  in  carrying  forward  the  real  and  useful  business  of 
the  House.  He  had  the  capacity  of  administering  public 
affairs  with  sound  judgment,  energy  and  industry.  His  talents 
were  useful  in  the  committee  room,  in  drawing  up  a  report,  in 
the  presentation  of  facts  and  figures  and  in  casting  the  intelli- 
gent vote.     It  is  too  frequently  forgotten  that  debate  is  but  an 


104  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

incident  in  legislation.  The  real  business  of  a  legislative  body 
might  be  conducted  without  oratory,  but  there  is  in  every  Con 
gress  and  Legislature  a  constant  demand  for  a  kind  of  ability 
really  of  a  higher  order  and  more  useful  than  the  most  showy 
oratory. 

He  made  a  larger  number  of  reports  than  any  of  his  fellow- 
members.  With  the  aid  of  General  A.  W.  Greely's  volume  on 
Public  Documents  of  the  First  Fourteen  Congresses  we  can 
make  out  a  list  of  the  members  of  the  early  Congresses  who 
were  most  frequently  selected  on  account  of  their  ability  or 
industry  to  put  in  writing  and  present  to  Congress  the  results 
of  the  labors  of  the  committees  of  which  they  were  member? 
At  the  head  of  the  list  is  Jeremiah  Morrow,  and  following  him 
are  John  Randolph,  Nathaniel  Macon,  William  B.  Giles,  Joseph 
B.  Varnum  and  William  Findley.  In  the  ten  years  he  was 
Representative-at- Large,  Morrow  made  fifty-six  reports  in  the 
House,  and  in  the  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth  Congresses  six 
in  the  Senate, — a  larger  number  than  any  other  member  made 
in  the  same  period,  and  a  larger  number  than  was  made  by  any 
other  one  man  in  the  first  twenty-eight  years  of  the  govern- 
ment under  the  constitution. 

During  the  entire  period  of  his  service  in  Congress,  his 
course  was  marked  by  scrupulous  punctuality  and  unwearied 
application  in  the  discharge  of  his  public  duties.  He  was 
always  at  his  post  ;  he  was  present  on  the  first  day  of  the 
session  ;  he  attended  the  summer  sessions  during  the  war  with 
England  no  matter  how  great  the  inconvenience  to  him  ;  he 
met  with  all  the  committees  upon  which  he  was  appointed. 
No  call  of  the  House  was  necessary  and  no  sergeant-at-arms 
was  needed  to  bring  him  to  his  place.  No  party  exigency  and 
the  success  of  no  party  measure  demanded  this  punctuality. 
His  political  opponents  were  a  helpless  minority.  He  was 
honest  and  conscientious,  and  regarding  his  office  as  a  trust 
reposed  in  him  by  his  constituents,  he  was  prompt,  faithful  and 
unwearied  in  the  discharge  of  his  public  duties. 

In  180G  Representative  Morrow,  with  Thomas  Worthington, 
of  Ohio,  and  Samuel  Smith,  of  Maryland,  in  the  Senate,  intro- 
duced measures  which  led  to  the  construction  of  a  great  high* 
way  over  the  Allegheny  mountains  from  Cumberland  in  Mary- 
land to  the  Ohio  at  Wheeling,  the  famous  Cumberland  Road. 
after  1820  better  known  as  the  National  Road.     This  was  the 


11)06.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  105 

first  Baltimore  and  Ohio  road,  built  a  generation  before  the 
railroad  of  that  name.  With  its  connections  it  formed  the 
great  line  of  intercommunication  between  the  navigable  waters 
of  the  Atlantic  coast  and  the  Ohio.  It  was  slowly  constructed 
over  a  mountainous  country  at  a  cost  of  $582,984,  about  one- 
half  of  which  was  paid  from  the  5  per  cent,  fund  reserved  fo 
roads  out  of  the  sales  of  government  lands  in  Ohio.  Mr. 
Morrow  rode  over  it  on  horseback  year  by  year  during  its  con- 
struction, and  in  later  years  he  rode  in  its  fast  mail  coaches, 
supplied  with  relays  of  horses  every  ten  miles,  and  saw  its 
noble  bridges  and  arches  of  masonry,  its  hospitable  red  brick 
inns,  and  its  long  trains  of  four  and  six-horse  bell  teams  draw- 
ing ponderous  wagons.  For  a  generation  it  was  the  great 
artery  of  trade  between  Ohio  and  the  seaboard. 

His  services  were  especially  useful  in  the  legislation  respect- 
ing public  lands.  On  entering  Congress,  as  the  Representative 
of  the  state  having  within  its  limits  the  largest  amount  of 
government  lands,  he  was  appropriately  placed  upon  the 
special  committees  relating  to  the  sale  and  survey  of  these 
lands.  In  1805,  when  the  first  Standing  Committee  of  the 
House  on  Public  Lands  was  appointed,  he  was  a  member  and 
afterward  became  its  chairman.  For  a  considerable  period 
most  of  the  laws  relating  to  the  sale  and  survey  of  the  public 
domain  were  the  productions  of  his  pen.  His  experience  as  a 
pioneer,  surveyor  and  settler  in  the  west,  and  his  sound  sense, 
peculiarly  fitted  him  for  this  work.  Of  his  labors  Justice  John 
McLean,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  wrote  in 
1852:  "He  may  with  propriety  be  called  the  father  of  the 
land  system  of  the  United  States.  Being  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Public  Lands,  he  originated  the  land  system  and 
drew  all  the  laws  on  the  subject,  and  such  was  the  confidence 
of  Congress  in  his  ability  and  integrity  that  the  bills  he  reported 
were  sanctioned  with  little  examination.  No  man  ever  pos- 
sessed the  confidence  of  the  national  legislature  in  regard  to 
his  public  duties  in  a  higher  degree  than  Jeremiah  Morrow. 
Nothing  more  than  his  advocacy  was  required  of  any  measure 
connected  with  the  public  lands." 

He  closely  studied  and  mastered  the  whole  body  of  laws 
relating  to  this  subject  from  the  colonial  times,  and  became 
familiar  with  every  detail  of  the  business  pertaining  to  the 
survey,  disposition  and  patenting  of  the  public  lands.     Always 


106  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

one  of  the  most  important  subjects  of  national  legislation,  its 
relative  importance  then  was  greater  than  in  later  years.  The 
government  desired  to  draw  a  large  portion  of  its  revenue  from 
its  western  possessions.  It  was  then  an  important  considera- 
tion in  the  popular  mind,  that  the  vast  western  domain,  out  of 
which  have  been  carved  great  states,  had  been  acquired  by 
generous  cessions  from  the  older  states  in  order  that  it  might 
provide  a  general  revenue  for  the  extinction  of  the  Revolution- 
ary debt,  and  be  managed  by  a  single,  wise  and  liberal  govern- 
ment. The  sons  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  whose  means  had 
been  exhausted  in  that  long  struggle  were  looking  to  the  wilds 
of  the  west  where  they  could  secure  homes  and  begin  life  with 
no  stock  in  trade  but  the  ax  and  the  musket.  There  was  an 
exodus  to  the  west.  In  some  of  the  older  states  almost  entire 
communities  emigrated  and  the  roads  were  thronged  with 
moving  families. 

Henry  Clay,  in  his  great  speech  on  the  Public  Lands,  deliv- 
ered in  the  Senate  on  June  20,  1832,  thus  eulogized  his  admin- 
istration of  this  important  branch  of  the  public  service  : 

"With  the  existing  laws  the  great  state  of  the  west  is  satisfied.  Daring 
the  long  period  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  in  the  Senate,  that 
her  upright  and  unambitious  citizen,  the  first  Representaiive  of  that  state, 
and  afterward  successively  Senator  and  Governor,  presided  over  the  Com- 
mittee of  Public  Lands,  we  heard  of  none  of  these  chimerical  schemes.  All 
went  on  smoothly  and  quietly  and  safely.  No  man,  in  the  sphere  within 
which  he  acted,  ever  commanded  or  deserved  the  implicit  confidence  of 
Congress  more  than  Jeremiah  Morrow.  There  existed  a  perfect  persuasion 
of  his  entire  impartiality  between  the  old  states  and  the  new.  A  few 
artless  but  sensible  words  pronounced  in  his  plain  Scotch-Irish  dialect, 
were  always  sufficient  to  insure  the  passage  of  any  bill  or  resolution  which 
he  reported.  For  about  twenty-rive  years,  there  was  no  change  in  the 
system." 

Joshua  Collett,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio,  is  quoted  as 
saying  that  no  man  in  the  United  States  was  better  acquainted 
with  the  land  laws  than  Jeremiah  Morrow. 

In  June,  1S12,  believing  that  all  negotiations  and  embassies 
were  fruitless  in  preventing  the  insults  of  England  upon  our 
flag  and  that  war  with  that  country  was  inevitable  and  justifia- 
ble, Mr.  Morrow  gave  his  vote  for  the  brief  act  drawn  by  the 
Attorney  General,  entitled  "An  act  declaring  war  between  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  and  the  depen- 
dencies thereof,  and  the  United  States  and  their  territories." 
His  vote  in  Congress  was  the  only  one  from  Ohio  for  that 
measure.     When  the  vote  in  the  Senate  was  taken,  Dr.  Alex- 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  107 

ander  Campbell  was  absent  and  Thomas  Worthington  from 
sincere  convictions  against  the  policy  of  war  voted  with  five 
other  Republicans  and  the  Federalists  against  the  act. 

The  first  year  of  the  war  was  a  busy  time  for  Mr.  Morrow. 
Detained  at  Washington  until  the  adjournment  of  Congress  on 
July  6th,  he  rode  home  in  the  heat  of  summer  and  was  almost 
immediately  summoned  to  the  frontier  at  Piqua  as  one  of  the 
commissioners  appointed  by  the  President  to  treat  with  the 
Indians.  He  found  stirring  times  at  home  during  the  opening 
scenes  of  the  war.  Ohio  was  the  frontier  state  exposed  to 
Indian  depredations,  and  the  cry,  "To  arms!"  was  heard 
throughout  her  borders.  Mr.  Morrow  was  actively  employed 
in  assisting  the  Governor  and  the  military  officers  in  organizing 
Ohio  regiments  and  the  state  militia,  garrisoning  the  northern 
forts  and  securing  the  safety  of  the  exposed  settlements.  Fears 
of  the  Indians,  news  of  Hull's  surrender,  calls  for  troops  and 
upon  farmers  for  teams  and  wagon  loads  of  provisions,  the 
noise  and  excitement  of  military  preparation,  produced  an 
intense  excitement  and  animated  the  entire  people  with  the 
spirit  of  war.  A  uniform  much  worn  by  the  volunteers,  entirely 
of  home-manufactured  materials,  is  described  as  consisting  of 
d  light-blue  hunting  shirt  made  of  cloth  of  mixed  wool  and  flax 
called  "linsey-woolsey,"  with  a  cape  of  the  same  material 
fringed  and  coming  half  way  down  the  thigh,  a  leather  belt, 
shot  pouch,  powder  horn,  a  large  knife  and  tomahawk.  Rep- 
resentative Morrow,  Governor  Meigs  and  other  civil  officers 
wore  this  uniform  while  on  frontier  duty. 

At  various  times  before  the  war,  the  people  of  Ohio,  even  at 
Cincinnati,  had  been  greatly  alarmed  at  the  movements  of  the 
Indians.  The  object  of  negotiations  at  Piqua  with  the  chiefs  of 
various  tribes  was  to  secure  their  friendly  relations  to  the 
United  States  and  to  prevent  their  adherence  to  the  British 
standard.  The  commissioners  on  the  part  of  the  government 
were  Governor  Meigs,  Representative  Morrow  and  Senator 
Worthington.  Their  negotiations  were  concluded  in  Septem- 
ber. While  the  council  was  in  progress  a  rumor  was  spread 
through  the  Miami  valley  that  the  Indians  had  proved  treach- 
erous, had  massacred  the  representatives  of  the  government 
and  were  marching  southward.  Men  left  their  plows  in  the 
furrows  and  rushed  to  the  defense  of  their  homes.  Morrow's 
nearest  neighbor,  on  hearing  the  alarm,  drew   his   pantaloons 


108  Jeretniah  Morrow.  [April, 

from  his  wife's  vvashtub  and  putting  them  on  seized  his  rifie 
and  started  for  Dayton.  It  was  soon  learned  that  the  rumor 
was  false. 

The  vote  for  the  declaration  of  war  cast  by  Mr.  Morrow  and 
his  active  exertions  in  support  of  the  war  measures  made  him 
exceedingly  popular  throughout  Ohio.  Numerous  calls  were 
made  on  the  people  to  elect  him  Governor  at  the  election  to 
be  held  in  October,  1812.  In  September  he  published  the 
following  card  in  the  newspapers  of  the  state  : 

"Fellow- Citizens  of  Ohio: 

"Having  observed  in  several  newspapers  my  name  announced  as  a  can- 
didate for  Governor  at  the  ensuing  election,  1  think  it  my  duty  to  make 
known  my  determination  to  serve  in  Congress  the  term  for  which  I  was 
elected,  and  that  I  do  in  unequivocal  terms  decline  being  a  candidate  for 
the  office  of  Governor.  Jeremiah  Morrow.7' 

He  determined  also  not  to  be  a  candidate  for  re-election  as 
a  Representative  to  Congress.  In  1812  the  state  was  first 
divided  into  Congressional  districts  and  in  October  six  men 
were  elected  to  represent  the  state,  all  of  whom  may  be  said 
to  have  been  his  successors  in  office.  His  own  county  of  War- 
ren was  united  with  Hamilton,  Butler  and  Preble,  to  form  the 
First  district,  from  which  John  McLean,  a  Lebanon  lawyer* 
was  elected  to  Congress. 


United  States  Senator. 

A  little  less  than  one  month  before  the  expiration  of  Mor- 
row's last  term  as  Congressman-at-Large,  and  while  he  was  at 
Washington  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  the  two  houses  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  Ohio  met  in  the  Representatives'  hail 
at  Chillicothe,  the  same  hall  in  which  he  had  first  served  as  a 
member  of  a  legislative  body  twelve  years  before,  and  on  the 
first  ballot  elected  him  a  United  States  Senator  for  a  full  term. 
and  he  was  the  first  Ohio  Senator  to  serve  out  the  constitu- 
tional term  of  six  years.  His  elevation  to  the  highest  legisla- 
tive council  in  the  world  was  without  any  effort  on  his  part  to 
influence  the  vote  of  a  single  member  of  the  legislature.  It 
was  an  honor  then  to  be  a  United  States  Senator,  and  a  High 
honor  to  be  elected  as  he  was.  Out  of  eighty-one  votes  on  the 
joint  ballot  he  received  sixty-three,  eighteen  being  cast  for 
Judge  Calvin  Pease,  then  a  Senator  from  Trumbull  county,  and 


1906-]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  109 

not  long  after  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio.  The 
votes  Pease  received  do  not  seem  to  have  been  cast  for  him 
cither  as  a  Federalist  or  an  anti-war  candidate,  but  rather  as  a 
compliment  to  an  able  and  highly  esteemed  lawyer  and  judge. 
Thomas  Ewing  once  said  to  Allen  G.  Thurman  that  of  all  the 
judges  before  whom  he  had  ever  appeared  he  regarded  Calvin 
Pease  as  the  greatest. 

Morrow  was  elected  by  a  vote  more  nearly  unanimous  than 
any  other  Senator  from  Ohio  in  the  early  history  of  the  state, 
unless  one  or  both  of  the  two  first  Senators  chosen  in  1803  be 
exceptions,  and  the  votes  by  which  they  were  elected  are  not 
on  record.  Although  the  election  of  Senators  in  Ohio  prior  to 
1828  was  not  a  contest  between  political  parties  but  a  choice 
between  men  of  the  same  party,  Senators  were  often  elected 
by  a  small  majority  after  several  ballots,  and  such  leading  men 
as  Governor  Huntington,  Nathaniel  Massie  and  Duncan  Mc- 
Arthur  were  defeated  for  the  office.  The  first  Governor, 
Edward  Tiffin,  in  his  second  term  became  a  candidate  for  the 
Senate  and  was  elected  by  a  vote  of  twenty-five  for  him  to 
eighteen  for  all  others.  In  1810  Thomas  Worthington,  one  of 
the  ablest  men  in  the  state,  was  elected  on  the  sixth  ballot  by 
a  majority  of  two,  and  in  1822  he  was  defeated  on  the  ninth 
ballot  by  one  vote.  William  H.  Harrison,  ten  years  after  the 
war  in  which  he  became  famous  as  a  general,  was  elected  on 
the  fourth  ballot  by  a  majority  of  nine  over  three  competitors. 

There  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  Morrow's  vote  for  the 
declaration  of  war  the  preceding  year  was  the  chief  cause  of 
his  election  to  the  Senate  or  of  his  large  majority.  It  is  true 
that  if  he  had  opposed  the  declaration  of  war  as  did  the  two 
Ohio  Senators,  Worthington  and  Campbell,  he  might  not  have 
been  elected  at  this  time.  But  when  we  remember  that  he  had 
been  elected  to  Congress  five  times  by  the  voters  of  the  whole 
state,  four  times  by  large  majorities  and  the  last  time  without 
opposition,  we  may  well  believe  that  he  would  have  been  first 
in  the  minds  of  the  people  for  Senator  at  this  time,  if  no  reso- 
lution to  declare  war  had  been  offered  in  Congress. 

A  special  session  of  Congress  was  held  each  year  of  the  war 
with  Great  Britain,  and  Morrow  took  his  seat  as  a  Senator  in 
the  Thirteenth  Congress,  May  24, 1813,  the  first  day  of  a  called 
session,  less  than  three  months  after  leaving  the  House.  He 
found   among  the   thirty-six  Senators    only   nine    Federalists. 


110  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

His  faithful  attendance  at  all  the  long  sessions  of  Congress 
and  the  long  rides  between  his  home  and  the  capital  occupied 
the  greater  portion  of  his  time  throughout  the  war,  and 
even  in  the  intervals  between  the  sessions  he  was  often  called 
from  his  home  to  consultations  on  war  questions  with  the  civil 
and  military  officers  of  Ohio.  On  going  to  Washington  to 
attend  a  session  beginning  September  19,  1814,  he  found  the 
President's  house,  the  offices  of  the  Treasury,  State  and  War 
Departments  and  the  arsenal  in  blackened  ruins,  having  been 
burned  by  the  enemy  the  preceding  month.  The  two  houses 
convened  in  hastily  fitted  up  and  uncomfortable  rooms  in  the 
Patent  Office,  the  remaining  public  building.  The  Executive 
Department  found  inconvenient  accommodations  in  some 
neighboring  houses.  The  next  Congress  convened  in  a  tem- 
porary building  on  Capitol  Hill.  Having  cast  his  vote  in  the 
House  for  the  declaration  of  war,  Mr.  Morrow  on  February  17, 
1815,  voted  in  the  Senate  for  the  ratification  of  the  treaty  of 
peace. 

At  the  session  of  1815-16  Senator  Morrow  voted  for  the 
once  famous  Fifteen-hundred-dollar  Compensation  Act.  The 
pay  of  members  had  hitherto  stood  at  six  dollars  per  day.  On 
account  of  the  increased  cost  of  living  they  substituted  an 
annual  salary  of  81,500  without  regard  to  the  length  of  the 
session.  The  "compensation  act"  passed  by  a  large  majority 
in  both  houses.  It  threw  the  whole  country  into  excitement 
and  proved  with  the  unthinking  masses  the  most  unpopular 
measure  in  the  history  of  Congress.  Colonel  R.  M.  Johnson, 
of  Kentucky,  who  had  introduced  the  bill,  said,  at  the  next 
session,  that  such  had  been  the  artificial  and  unnatural  excite- 
ment raised  against  it,  that  it  had  aroused  more  discontent 
than  the  alien  and  sedition  laws,  the  embargo,  the  war  with 
England  or  any  one  measure  of  the  government  since  its 
organization.  The  act  was  repealed  by  an  overwhelming  vote, 
nearly  all  those  who  had  voted  for  it  yielding  to  the  wishes  of 
the  people.  The  pay  of  members  was  fixed  at  eight  dollars 
per  day.  Many  members  on  account,  of  their  votes  tor  the  act 
lost  their  seats  ;  others,  and  among  them  Clay,  were  re-elected 
by  slender  majorities.  Senator  Morrow  entered  into  no  expla- 
nation or  apology,  and  his  vote,  although  occasionally  referred 
to  when  he  was  a  candidate  for  Governor,  seems  to  have  had 
little  effect  on  his  popularity. 


•:'. 


1900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Ill 

The  Fourteenth  Congress,  the  first  after  peace  with  England 
and  famous  for  the  number  of  its  talented  and  distinguished 
men,  marked  an  era  in  American  politics.  Old  issues  had 
passed  away.  The  lines  between  the  two  political  parties 
could  not  be  drawn.  Questions  of  the  bank,  internal  improve- 
ments and  the  tariff  swept  away  the  old  landmarks  of  party 
lines.  Senator  Morrow  favored  the  policy  of  internal  improve- 
ments by  the  general  government  and  voted  for  rechartering 
the  United  States  Bank  and  the  protective  tariff  of  1816. 

At  the  opening  of  Congress  Senator  Morrow  was  appointed 
chairman  of  a  committee  on  so  much  of  the  President's  message 
as  related  to  roads  and  canals.  On  February  6,  1816,  he  made 
an  elaborate  report  recommending  a  system  of  internal  im- 
provements. This  was  the  first  recommendation  by  a  committee 
of  either  house  in  favor  of  internal  improvements  by  the  gen- 
eral government.  Together  with  the  report  Senator  Morrow 
presented  a  bill  providing  for  a  fund  to  be  placed  under  the 
special  charge  and  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
for  making  artificial  roads  and  canals  and  pledged  for  that 
purpose  and  no  other.  The  bill  was  postponed,  the  objection 
being  made  that  as  yet  there  was  no  surplus  fund.  At  the 
next  session  Mr.  Calhoun  carried  through  both  houses  a  bill 
having  a  similar  purpose  but  it  was  vetoed  by  President  Madi- 
son on  the  ground  of  its  unconstitutionality. 

On  March  16,  1816,  Senator  Morrow  as  a  member  of  the 
congressional  caucus  for  the  nomination  of  a  Republican  can- 
didate for  President  was  called  on  to  express  his  choice  between 
the  rival  candidates,  James  Monroe  and  William  H.  Crawford. 
He  had  participated  in  the  caucus  nomination  of  Jefferson  for 
his  second  term  and  of  Madison  for  both  terms,  but  in  all  these 
cases  the  work  of  the  caucus  was  a  matter  of  form,  general 
consent  having  pointed  out  the  candidate.  Now  there  was  a 
contest.  Senator  Morrow  preferred  Crawford.  In  a  private 
letter  before  the  meeting  of  the  caucus  he  wrote  that,  if  long 
and  distinguished  public  services  entitled  a  man  to  the  Presi- 
dency, then  Colonel  Monroe  had  strong  claims,  but  if  abilities 
and  fitness  were  to  be  regarded,  Crawford  should  be  selected. 
He  was  informed,  he  said,  that  his  constituents  were  generally 
in  favor  of  Monroe  and  it  would  give  him  pleasure  to  vote  in 
accordance  with  their  wishes,  yet  he  felt  compelled  to  cast  his 
vote  in  accordance  with  his  own  earnest  convictions.    The  vote 


112  Jere?nia1i  Morrow.  [April. 

of  the  Ohio  delegation  in  the  caucus  is  recorded  as  six  for 
Monroe,  one  for  Crawford,  one  not  voting.  The  names  of  the 
voters  for  the  two  candidates  are  not  recorded.  Monroe 
received  sixty-five  votes  and  Crawford  fifty-four. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  session  of  1816-17  the  Senate,  for 
the  first  time  in  its  history,  adopted  the  plan  which  had  long 
formed  one  of  the  rules  of  the  House,  of  appointing  each  ses- 
sion, standing  committees  on  all  the  regular  subjects  of  legisla- 
tion, instead  of  providing  select  committees  for  every  occasion 
requiring  the  reference  of  a  subject.  Eleven  standing  commit- 
tees were  appointed,  one  of  which  was  the  Committee  of  Public 
Lands  with  Morrow  as  the  chairman — a  position  to  which  he 
was  appointed  on  the  opening  of  each  session  while  he  remained 
a  United  States  Senator. 

More  than  a  year  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  the 
Senate  he  determined  to  decline  a  re-election.  To  his  personal 
and  political  friend,  Thomas  Worthington,  then  Governor  ol 
Ohio,  he  wrote  in  a  private  letter  from  Washington  under  date 
of  January  12,  1818  :  "  In  reply  to  another  question,  I  say  it  is 
my  settled  intention  not  to  serve  another  term  in  the  Senate. 
My  present  term  I  will  fulfill,  God  willing.  My  health  is  much 
improved.  Indeed  it  is  very  good,  and  I  have  been  able  to  do 
much  public  business."  Soon  after  the  commencement  of  the 
next  session  of  Congress  he  wrote  again  to  Governor  Worlh- 
ington,  under  the  date  of  December  26,  1818  :  "The  intention 
I  expressed  to  you  of  publicly  announcing  my  determination 
of  declining  a  re-election  to  the  Senate  was  abandoned  on 
coming  here.  Several  of  my  fellow-members  are  declining 
and  none  of  them  took  that  course.  It  was  considered  osten- 
tatious. I  then  addressed  a  letter  to  the  members  of  the 
legislature  from  my  own  county,  authorizing  them  to  give  the 
information  of  my  unaltered  intention  to  decline."  Colon--; 
William  A.  Trimble,  of  Highland  county,  was  elected  his  suc- 
cessor in  the  Senate.    . 

At  the  last  session  of  his  term  in  the  Senate,  as  chairman  of 
a  select  Committee  on  Indian  Affairs  he  originated  and  report- 
ed a  bill  for  the  instruction  and  civilization  of  the  Indian  tribe-. 
which  became  a  law  and  was  the  first  act  of  Congress  for  that 
purpose,  and  has  continued  in  force  until  the  present  time. 
having  been  embodied  into  the  Revised  Statutes.  Its  nu »sl 
important  clause  was  as  follows : 


— ^^^^™ 


IftOG.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  113 

*'  For  the  purpose  of  providing  against  the  further  decline  and  final 
extinction  of  the  Indian  tribes  adjoining  to  the  frontier  settlements  of  the 
United  States,  and  for  introducing  among  them  the  habits  and  arts  of  civil- 
ization, the  President  may,  in  every  case,  where  he  shall  judge  improve- 
ment in  the  habits  and  conditions  of  such  Indians  practicable,  and  the 
means  of  instruction  can  be  introduced  with  their  own  consent,  employ 
capable  persons  of  good  moral  character,  to  instruct  them  in  the  mode  of 
agriculture  suited  to  their  situation,  and  for  teaching  their  children  in 
reading,  writing  and  arithmetic,  and  for  performing  such  other  duties  as 
may  be  enjoined,  according  to  such  instructions  and  rules  as  the  President 
may  give  and  prescribe  for  the  regulation  of  their  conduct  in  the  discharge 
of  their  duties." 

To  carry  out  this  provision  an  annual  apropriation  of  810,000 
was  provided  for  and  placed  under  the  direction  of  the  Presi- 
dent. At  the  time  of  the  passage  of  the  act  there  were  but 
two  or  three  Indian  schools  in  operation,  but  within  a  few  years 
after  its  enactment  they  were  increased  to  more  than  twenty 
with  comfortable  schoolhouses  in  which  hundreds  of  Indian 
youth  were  instructed. 

THE    PUBLIC    DOMAIN. 

The  great  work  of  Jeremiah  Morrow  in  Congress  was  in 
relation  to  the  public  domain.  For  sixteen  successive  years  in 
Congress  he  was  identified  with  the  public  land  system.  It 
was  his  fortune  to  be  a  member  of  the  first  standing  committee 
on  the  public  lands  both  in  the  House  and  in  the  Senate,  and 
he  served  as  chairman  of  this  committee  in  both  houses.  He 
has  been  called  "the  founder  of  the  public  land  system,"  and 
for  a  considerable  period  he  was  the  leader  and  guide  of  Con- 
gress in  everything  relating  to  this  subject.  Much  of  his  work 
in  this  department  has  lost  its  interest  to  the  general  reader, 
but  the  general  features  of  our  public  land  system,  which  for  a 
hundred  years  attracted  the  attention  of  the  ablest  men  in  the 
nation,  can  never  lose  its  interest  or  importance  to  the  student 
of  American  history. 

Said  Henry  Clay:  "If  there  be  in  the  operation  of  the  gov- 
ernment one  which,  more  than  any  other,  displays  consummate 
wisdom  and  statesmanship,  it  is  the  system  by  which  the  public 
lands  have  been  so  successfully  administered."  The  same 
speech  in  which  this  passage  occurs  contains  the  tribute  to 
the  work  of  Jeremiah  Morrow  in  the  wise  management  of  these 
interests,  elsewhere  quoted.  Daniel  Webster,  after  a  beautiful 
description  of  the  territory  northwest  of  the  Ohio  in  1794  as 
contrasted  with  Ohio  in  1830,  eloquently  eulogized  the  system  : 


114  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [April, 

"Sir,  does  it  not  require  some  portion  of  self-respect  in  us  to 
imagine  that  if  our  light  had  been  shown  on  the  path  of  gov- 
ernment, if  our  wisdom  could  have  been  consulted  in  its  meas- 
ures, a  more  rapid  advance  to  strength  and  prosperity  would 
have  been  experienced.  For  my  own  part,  while  I  am  struck 
with  wonder  at  the  success,  I  also  look  with  admiration  at  the 
wisdom  and  forethought  which  originally  arranged  and  pre- 
scribed the  system  for  the  settlement  of  the  public  domain. 
Its  operation  has  been  without  a  moment's  interruption,  to 
push  the  settlements  of  the  western  country  to  the  full  extent 
of  our  utmost  needs." 

The  government  of  the  United  States  has,  from  its  existence, 
been  distinguished  from  others  by  the  possession  of  a  vast 
public  domain,  affording  constantly  increasing  resources  and 
inviting  to  new  settlements  and  new  states.  This  territory, 
large  at  first,  has  been  increased  by  new  purchases  and  treaties, 
and  it  may  be  said  that  our  government  during  its  whole 
existence  has  been  the  disposer  of  a  larger  amount  of  valuable 
and  fertile  lands  for  new  settlements  than  any  other  sovereignty 
in  the  world's  history.  Congress  has  always  admitted  the 
magnitude  of  this  interest.  The  debate  on  the  first  bill  for 
opening  a  land  office  in  the  Northwest  territory  was  opened 
with  the  declaration  that  there  never  was  a  bill  of  greater 
importance  before  the  House.  The  public  lands  being  under 
the  entire  control  and  direction  of  Congress,  that  body  has 
passed  about  three  thousand  acts  concerning  them.  The 
chairmen  of  the  earlier  committees  in  Congress  charged  with 
their  care  were  selected  for  their  ability,  practical  sense  and 
sound  judgment,  and  the  land  system  has  had  the  benefit  of 
the  wisdom  of  the  executive  officers  of  the  government — 
Alexander  Hamilton,  Thomas  Jefferson,  James  Madison,  Albert 
Gallatin— and  after  1811,  of  some  able  Commissioners  of  the 
General  Land  Office. 

The  public  land  system  became  worthy  of  the  high  encomi- 
ums pronounced  upon  it  only  after  experience  had  pointed  out 
and  time  had  corrected  many  mistakes  in  the  earliest  enact- 
ments on  this  subject.  The  earliest  land  laws  were  in  many 
respects  unwise.  Their  spirit  was  to  hurry  the  sale  of  the  lands 
and  get  the  money,  into  the  treasury.  They  proved  to  be 
adapted  neither  to  the  purpose  of  a  large  revenue  nor  to  a 
rapid  settlement  and  development  of  the  new  country. 


j906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow,  115 

The  first  general  law  for  the  sale  of  land  northwest  of  the 
Ohio  was  passed  in  1790.  It  was  fully  discussed  before  its 
adoption,  and  the  debate  disclosed  a  wide  divergence  of  opinion 
as  to  the  best  policy  to  be  adopted.  Some  favored  the  inter- 
ests of  the  actual  settler  as  opposed  to  the  speculator  and 
contended  for  some  provision  to  enable  the  poor  man  to  pur- 
chase directly  from  the  government  ;  others  claimed  that  the 
mass  of  settlers  could  not  become  purchasers  from  the  govern- 
ment, but  that  the  speculator  must  be  called  in.  The  former 
contended  for  the  sale  of  land  in  small,  the  latter  in  large  tracts. 
The  plan  adopted  was  a  compromise  proposed  by  Albert  Gal- 
latin. It  provided  that  one-half  the  lands  should  be  sold  in 
small,  the  other  half  in  large  tracts.  In  one  township  they 
should  be  sold  by  sections  ;  in  the  adjoining  townships  by 
quarter  townships,  the  government  reserving  the  four  central 
sections.  Thus  the  smallest  tract  which  could  be  bought  at 
first  hand  was  640  acres,  while  the  larger  tracts  consisted  of 
eight  sections  or  5,120  acres.  The  price  was  fixed  at  82.00  per 
acre  and  no  one  could  purchase  a  farm  from  the  government 
without  becoming  liable  for  81,280.00,  a  larger  sum  than  most 
of  those  who  desired  to  emigrate  west  could  afford  to  pay. 
Provision  was  made  for  the  sale  of  lands  only  at  the  United 
States  Treasury,  Cincinnati  and  Pittsburg,  and  at  the  two  latter 
places  at  public  auction  only. 

This  law  was  unfavorable  to  the  interests  of  pioneers.  It 
effectually  prevented  the  purchase  of  lands  from  the  govern- 
ment by  persons  of  small  means  and  threw  them  upon  the 
mercy  of  speculators.  There  was,  however,  a  large  class  who 
had  bought  up  military  land-warrants  and  large  tracts  of  wild 
land  in  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  the  Northwest  territory, 
and  were  interested  in  keeping  the  government  lands  out  of 
the  market.  In  1800,  chiefly  through  the  influence  of  William 
Henry  Harrison,  then  a  delegate  to  Congress  from  the  North- 
west territory,  the  law  was  modified.  Four  land  offices  were 
established  northwest  of  the  Ohio — at  Steubenville,  Marietta, 
Chillicothe  and  Cincinnati.  One-half  of  the  lands  were  to  be 
offered  for  sale  in  sections  and  one-half  in  half  sections.  The 
price  of  82.00  per  acre  was  continued,  and  payments  were 
required  to  be  made  one-fourth  in  hand  and  the  remaining 
three-fourths  at  the  expiration  of  two,  three  and  four  years 
respectively. 


116  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

Such  was  the  state  of  the  land  laws  when  Jeremiah  Morrow 
entered  Congress  in  1803,  the  Representative  of  the  state  con- 
taining the  largest  area  of  public  lands.  Under  the  existing 
system  the  lands  northwest  of  the  Ohio  and  east  of  the  Mus- 
kingum were  sold  in  sections  of  one  square  mile.  The  other 
lands,  west  of  the  Muskingum  and  above  the  mouth  of  the 
Kentucky,  were  sold,  one-half  in  sections  and  one-half  in  half 
sections.  No  lands  could  be  sold  by  the  government  at  either 
public  or  private  sale  for  less  than  $2.00  per  acre,  a  higher 
price  than  was  then  asked  for  uncultivated  lands  by  any  state 
in  the  Union.  The  poorest  emigrants  could  not  become  pur- 
chasers from  the  government  without  paying  in  cash  §160.00 
and  being  bound  for  §480.00  payable  within  four  years,  with 
interest  at  6  per  cent,  on  deferred  payments — an  amount  it 
was  usually  impossible  for  them  to  pay  from  the  products  of 
the  land. 

Mr.  Morrow's  policy  was  soon  determined  upon.     It  was  : 

1.  To  lower  the  price. 

2.  To  sell  in  small  tracts. 

3.  To  sell  for  cash  only. 

It  is  evident  now  that  the  government's  price  for  its  lands 
was  too  high.  During  Mr.  Morrow's  services  in  Congress  and 
while  the  U.  S.  lands  were  sold  at  §2.00  per  acre,  the  govern- 
ment was  in  competition  with  several  states  which  were  dis- 
posing of  lands  at  low  rates.  Connecticut  was  selling  her 
western  reserve  at  forty  cents  per  acre.  Massachusetts  reduced 
the  price  of  her  Maine  lands  to  fifty  cents  per  acre.  Virginia 
was  selling  lands  in  Kentucky,  North  Carolina  in  Tennessee, 
Georgia  in  Alabama  and  Mississippi,  and  Pennsylvania  her 
charter  lands  within  her  own  boundaries.  The  purposes  of 
Congress  in  fixing  so  high  a  price  were  to  prevent  the  lands 
from  being  monopolized  by  speculators  and  to  secure  a  large 
revenue.  The  first  purpose  was  secured  but  the  second  was 
not.  Admitting  that  a  large  reduction  in  the  price  might  be 
considered  a  waste  of  public  property,  and  that  the  high  price 
did  prevent  the  lands  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  a  few  cap- 
italists, Mr.  Morrow  contended  that  a  moderate  reduction 
would  not  diminish  the  revenue  nor  afford  facilities  for  specu- 
lation, but  would  encourage  honest  and  industrious  men,  though 
poor,  to  purchase  homes  from  the  government. 


]<K)6.J  J  ere  mi  all  Morrow.  117 

The  most  important  modification  in  the  land  laws  he  pro- 
posed and  the  one  he  most  frequently  and  urgently  recom- 
mended was  the  abolition  of  the  credit  system.  By  that  system 
the  purchaser  was  allowed  a  credit  extending  over  a  period  of 
tour  years.  Seduced  by  the  long  credit  and  hope  of  a  rise  in 
the  value  of  the  land  the  emigrant  made  imprudent  purchases. 
If  any  tract  were  not  fully  paid  for  at  the  end  of  five  years 
from  the  date  of  sale,  it  was  to  be  again  offered  at  public  auc- 
tion. If  it  sold  for  more  than  the  amount  due  the  government, 
the  surplus  was  to  be  given  the  original  purchaser.  If  no  one 
bid  that  amount  the  land  was  forfeited  to  the  United  States, 
and  the  settler  lost  not  only  his  land  and  improvements,  but 
all  the  money  he  had  already  paid.  He  lost  his  land,  the  pay- 
ments he  had  made  and  the  results  of  his  labor  for  five  years 
and  with  the  wilderness  before  him  was  turned  from  his  home. 
Of  course  such  a  system  could  not  be  carried  out.  Applica- 
tions for  relief  came  from  the  western  settlers  by  petitions  and 
from  states  by  joint  resolutions.  Laws  extending  the  period 
of  payment  were  passed  so  frequently  that  the  debt  was  not 
collected  at  all.     In  1812  Mr.  Morrow  said : 

"The  experience  of  many  years  under  the  present  system  with  all  the 
aids  of  remedial  laws  for  relief  of  purchasers,  does  not  promise  it  a  suc- 
cessful operation  in  the  future,  and  it  cannot  be  a  correct  policy  to  persist 
in  a  system  so  much  affected  by  circumstances  that  it  appears  "to  operate 
by  the  means  of  frequently  deviating  from  itself." 

A  reduction  of  the  size  of  the  tracts  in  which  the  lands  were 

sold  was  recommended  by  him  at  various  times.     In  his  report 

December  2,  1812,  he  said  on  this  point  : 

"A  monopoly  of  land  for  the  purpose  of  settlement  by  tenants  threatens 
with  palpable  injury  the  pecuniary  and  political  independence  of  the  agri- 
cultural class  of  society.  And  speculation  in  wild  lands  is  at  best  an 
employment  unproductive  to  society,  the  speculator  adding  no  new  value 
to  the  article  in  which  he  trades.  Ol  all  expedients  that  have  been  resorted 
'o  for  preventing  the  public  lands  from  being  engrossed  by  capitalists  that 
'*i  offering  them  for  sale  in  small  tracts  has  been  the  most  successful. 
Holding  them  at  a  high  price  has  also  had  that  effect  but  is  attended  with 
the  disadvantage  that  the  poor  man  is  also  by  the  same  means  precluded 
from  becoming  a  purchaser.  But  the  sale  in  small  tracts  facilitates  the 
purchase  by  those  who  by  habit  or  inclination  are  disposed  to  cultivate  the 
*oii,  while  it  prevents  the  lands  from  being  engrossed  for  the  purpose  of 
"peculation." 

At  the  first  session  in  which  he  served  the  law  was  modified 
so  as  to  allow  sales  in  quarter  sections,  but  he  considered  a 
s*i!l  further  subdivision  advisable.  It  is  interesting  now  to 
iook  back  upon  legislation  on  this  point.  The  Colonial  Con- 
gress sold  lands  in  tracts  of   hundreds  of  thousands   of  acres, 


118  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

as  in  the  purchases  of  the  Ohio  Company  and  John  Cleves 
Symmes  ;  the  act  of  179G  provided  for  sales  in  quarter  town- 
ships and  in  sections  ;  that  of  1800  in  sections  and  half  sections  ; 
that  of  1804  in  sections,  half  sections  and  quarter  sections  ;  the 
acts  of  1817  and  1S20  provided  for  minimum  sales  in  half-quar- 
ter sections,  and  under  the  act  of  1832,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  in  1834  ordered  the  subdivision  of  the  80-acre  tracts 
and  the  minimum  tracts  for  sale  became  40  acres  or  quarter- 
quarter  sections. 

In  his  report  to  the  House  January  19,  1809,  he  thus  argued 
in  favor  of  abolishing  the  credit  on  sales  of  public  lands  : 

"By  the  abolition  of  the  credit,  the  interest  of  every  subsequent  pur- 
chaser will  at  once  become  identified  with  that  of  the  government,  whereas, 
under  the  present  system,  so  long  as  a  purchaser  continues  indebted  to  the 
United  States  he  holds  an  interest  to  the  amount  of  what  he  may  owe, 
adverse  to  that  of  the  government.  It  is  not  conceived  to  be  sound  policy 
to  pursue  a  system  which  may  thus  give  to  any  portion  of  the  community 
an  interest  inimical  to  the  government  and  which  may  tend  to  weaken  their 
attachment  to  the  Union. 

"The  abolition  of  the  credit  would  facilitate  the  collection  of  the  money 
proceeding  from  the  sales  of  the  public  lands.  It  is  not  unreasonable  to 
suppose  that  the  demand  for  the  lands  of  the  United  States  will  increase  to 
such  a  degree  that  trie  majority  of  the  people  in  some  considerable  section 
of  the  country  may  become  at  the  same  time  indebted  to  the  government. 
This  would  render  the  collection  of  the  money  extremely  difficult  if  net 
utterly  impracticable. 

"The  abolition  of  the  credit  will  destroy  every  occasion  for  future 
application  for  indulgences,  which  under  the  operation  of  the  present  sys- 
tem will  in  all  probability  be  repeatedly  made.  And  it  will  consequently 
hereafter  preclude  that  necessity  of  legislative  interposition  upon  the 
subject. 

"It  will  prevent  that  private  distress  which  men,  seduced  by  the  temp- 
tation which  credit  holds  out  to  them,  bring  upon  themselves  by  extending 
their  purchases  beyond  their  means  of  payment.  And  those  sources  of 
discontent  and  disquietude  which  will  unavoidably  result  from  the  meas- 
ures necessary  to  enforce  the  payment  in  cases  of  failure  will  be  by  the 
contemplated  change  removed." 

Meanwhile  the  disastrous  credit  system  spread  over  Ohio. 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Louisiana 
and  Michigan.  Its  practical  effect  was  such  that,  instead  of  a 
credit  of  four  years,  debts  by  acts  of  indulgences  were  extended 
so  that  lands  sold  in  Ohio  were  unpaid  for  twenty  years  after 
their  sale.  The  debt  due  the  government  was  increasing  fear- 
fully, and  in  1S19  the  amounts  unpaid  at  the  different  land 
offices  in  the  western  states  exceeded  twenty  million  dollars — 
a  sum  triple  the  ability  of  the  country  to  pay.  It  was  so  great 
as  to  threaten  general  bankruptcy  throughout  the  west. 

At  the  last  session  of  his  term  in  the  Senate,  Senator  Morrow 
made  a  final  effort  for  the  removal  of  the  cause  of  the  growing 


ItlOO.]  Jere?niali  Monow.  119 

and  alarming  evil.  As  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Public 
Lands,  he  prepared  a  new  report  in  which  the  history  and 
operation  of  the  land  laws  were  reviewed  and  again  urged  the 
sale  of  the  lands  in  smaller  tracts,  at  a  lower  price  and  for  cash 
only.  This  report  was  presented  to  the  Senate  in  February, 
1819.  He  also  introduced  a  bill  embodying  the  recommenda- 
tions of  his  report.  Expecting  to  retire  from  the  Senate  to 
private  life,  he  desired  the  passage  of  this  bill  as  the  last,  and 
he  believed  the  most  important,  act  of  his  long  administration 
of  the  public  land  system. 

As  finally  adopted  the  act  fixed  the  price  of  lands  at  $1.25 
per  acre,  offered  them  for  sale  in  half-quarter  sections  and 
abolished  all  credit  on  future  sales.  The  bill  passed  the  Senate 
with  but  little  opposition,  but  in  the  House,  chiefly  through 
the  exertions  of  Gen.  William  Henry  Harrison,  Representative 
from  Ohio,  and  Mr.  Jones,  of  Tennessee,  its  passage  was  post- 
poned. At  the  next  session  it  was  again  taken  up,  and  with 
only  slight  modifications  passed  both  houses  and  became  a  law 
April  24,  1820.  Speculators  and  holders  of  large  bodies  of 
western  lands,  which  they  were  unable  either  to  sell  or  to  pay 
for,  were  still  further  embarrassed  by  the  changes  made  by  the 
law.  Relief  to  them  and  to  other  debtors  to  the  government 
was  provided  by  subsequent  legislation  permitting  a  relinquish- 
ment of  so  much  of  the  land  entered  as  the  purchaser  could 
not  pay  for,  with  the  privilege  of  applying  the  money  already 
paid  to  the  credit  of  such  tracts  as  might  be  retained. 

The  act  of  April  24,  1820,  which  in  all  its  essential  features 
originated  with  Senator  Morrow,  brought  about  the  greatest 
change  ever  made  in  the  public  land  system.  It  was  an  inno- 
vation the  effect  of  which  has  been  most  beneficent.  It  enabled 
the  poor  man  to  obtain  a  freehold  on  the  payment  of  $100.00. 
The  accumulation  of  a  dangerous  land  debt  to  the  government 
was  effectually  prevented.  Speculation  was  discouraged.  The 
general  provisions  of  this  wise  law  have  ever  since  remained 
in  force  and  are  incorporated  in  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
United  States. 

The  following  eulogium  on  the  author  of  the  bill,  pronounced 
by  Senator  Crittenden  in  concluding  a  speech  in  its  support, 
February  18,  1819,  was  printed  in  the  Annals  of  Congress  and 
is  the  only  portion  of  the  debate  there  given  : 


120  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [April 


"Mr.  President — I  must  acknowledge  that  I  feel  a  peculiar  sort  of  par- 
tiality for  this  bill,  and  that  independent  of  the  reasons  which  I  have  ha  i 
the  honor  of  submitting,  I  am  influenced  by  feelings  somewhat  of  a  per- 
sonal character  to  desire  its  passage.  It  is  the  work  of  the  honorable 
gentleman  from  Ohio  (Mr.  Morrow)  who  is  so  soon  to  be  finally  separate*! 
from  us.  He  has  long  been  a  Palinurus  in  everything  that  related  to  thin 
important  subject.  He  has  steered  us  safely  through  all  its  difficulties,  and, 
with  him  for  our  helmsman,  we  have  feared  neither  Scylla  nor  Chary  bdif.. 
We  have  heretofore  followed  him  with  increasing  confidence.  We  have 
neither  been  deceived  nor  disappointed.  The  bill  now  before  us  is  probably 
the  last,  the  most  important  act  of  his  long  and  useful  political  life.  \i  r 
shall  pass,  sir,  it  will  identify  his  name  and  memory  with  this  interesting 
subject.  It  will  be  his  'ae.re  perennius.1  A  noble  monument,  which,  whilst 
it  guides  the  course  of  future  legislation  shall  perpetuate  the  remembrance 
of  an  honest  man.  Sir,  if  the  ostracism  of  former  times  prevailed  with  us, 
I  do  not  know  the  individual  whose  virtues  would  more  expose  him  to  its 
envious  and  jealous  sentence.  The  illustrious  Greek,  himself,  who  derived 
such  an  unfortunate  distinction  from  that  ancient  usage,  did  not  better 
deserve  the  epithet  of  'just.'  Mr.  President,  I  do  not  intend  to  flatter  the 
honorable  gentleman  from  Ohio.  Flattery  is  falsehood.  I  burn  no  such 
incense  at  the  shrine  of  any  man.  The  sincere  homage  of  the  heart  is  not 
flattery.  I  have  spoken  the  spontaneous  feelings  of  my  breast.  I  am  con- 
fident, too,  that  I  have  spoken  the  sentiments  of  the  Senate.  But  yet,  sir, 
I  ought  perhaps  to  beg  pardon  of  the  honorable  gentleman.  For  I  have 
much  cause  to  fear  that  the  gratification  I  have  had  in  offering  this  poor 
tribute  of  my  respect  is  more  than  counterbalanced  by  the  pain  it  has 
inflicted  upon  him." 


Governor. 

At  the  closing  hour  of  the  Fifteenth  Congress  in  1819,  Jere- 
miah Morrow  wrote  his  wife  from  the  Senate  chamber:  "This 
is  my  last  letter  from  Washington.  It  is  now  nine  o'clock  at 
night.  We  shall  probably  adjourn  in  about  an  hour.  Then  I 
shall  have  closed  my  political  life."  He  had  been  elected  to 
high  offices  without  effort  on  his  part.  He  was  now  content 
to  retire  to  the  management  of  his  farm  and  mill.  The  next 
year,  however,  lie  was  solicited  to  allow  his  name  to  be  used 
as  a  candidate  for  Governor.  This  he  felt  compelled  to  decline, 
as  his  friend,  Gov.  Ethan  Allen  Brown,  who  was  serving  his 
first  term  as  chief  magistrate,  was  a  candidate  for  re-election. 
He,  however,  intimated  to  his  friends  that  he  would  have  no 
objection  to  being  a  candidate  for  Governor  two  years  from 
that  time  if  the  people  desired  it.  Governor  Brown,  who  was 
an  efficient  and  popular  officer,  was  re-elected  in  1820  with 
little  opposition,  a  few  thousand  votes  being  cast  for  ex-Senator 
Morrow  and  General  Harrison,  neither  of  whom  had  consented 
to  be  a  candidate. 


]900.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  121 

At  the  Presidential  election  in  1820  the  name  of  Morrow 
was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  James  Monroe  ticket  in  Ohio, 
and  he  had  the  pleasure  of  casting  his  vote  as  an  elector  for 
the  President  who  in  "the  era  of  good  feeling"  was  re-elected 
with  the  electoral  votes  of  all  the  states.  At  the  session  of  the 
legislature  of  1821-22  he  was  elected  one  of  the  State  Canal 
Commissioners,  which  office  he  accepted. 

In  1822  he  was  a  candidate  for  Governor.  His  principal 
opponent  was  Allen  Trimble.  Several  circumstances  combined 
to  make  Mr.  Trimble  a  strong  and  popular  candidate.  He  had 
been  an  officer  in  the  war  with  England,  had  served  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  in  both  houses  of  the  General  Assembly,  was 
familiar  with  the  affairs  of  the  state  and  was  the  fast  friend  of 
the  canal  system.  He  had  been  twice  elected  Speaker  of  the 
Senate  and  was  now  acting  Governor,  having  succeeded  to  that 
office  on  the  election  of  Governor  Brown  to  the  Senate.  Judge 
William  W.  Irvin,  of  Lancaster,  was  also  a  candidate.  Ques- 
tions of  national  politics  had  little  influence  in  the  election, 
some  counties  casting  almost  their  entire  vote  for  their  favorite 
candidate.  The  people  of  Ohio  were  not  divided  in  their 
gubernatorial  elections  by  party  lines  until  1828.  No  nomina- 
tions of  candidates  for  Governor  were  made  at  this  election 
except  at  informal  local  meetings  of  citizens,  met  chiefly  for 
the  purpose  of  nominating  a  ticket  for  county  officers  and 
members  of  the  legislature,  at  the  head  of  which  was  some- 
times placed  the  name  of  a  candidate  for  chief  magistrate. 
The  editors  of  the  newspapers  of  the  state,  for  the  most  part, 
did  not  take  sides  in  the  contest,  but  published  communications 
favoring  any  candidate.  Mr.  Morrow  received  a  large  majority 
in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  state,  and  in  his  own  township 
only  a  single  vote  was  cast  against  him.  The  vote  in  the  state 
was:  Morrow,  20,056;  Trimble,  22,899;  Irvin,  11,050.  Two 
years  later  he  was  re-elected,  Allen  Trimble  again  running 
against  him,  the  vote  standing :  Morrow,  39,520 ;  Trimble, 
37,108. 


122  y.       Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

Portage  County  Ballot— 1822. 

Governor, 

Jeremiah  Morrow. 

Representative  to  Congress, 

Elisha  Whittlesey. 

S,        Senator  in  the  State  Legislature, 

Jonathan  Sloane. 

Representatives, 
George  B.  Depeyster. 

(    -       County  Auditor, 
Frederick  Wadsworth. 

Commissioner, 

Elkanah  Eiehardson. 

Sheriff, 

William  Coolman,  Jim. 

Coroner, 

William  Frazer. 

:  At  this  period  the  ballots  were  small  and  were  printed  with- 
out party  designations.  Under  the  first  constitution  of  Ohio, 
the  Governor  was  the  only  state  officer  elected  by  the  people. 
The  election  for  Governor  and  for  county  officers  was  held  in 
October,  for  President  in  November.  The  total  vote  cast  for 
Governor  was  always  larger  than  that  for  President.  In  1824 
the  combined  vote  of  Morrow  and  Trimble  in  October  was 
76,634;  that  of  Jackson,  Clay  and  Adams  in  November  was 
.50,024.  Not  until  1828  did  the  vote  for  President  exceed  that 
for  Governor  in  Ohio.  The  following  incident -:is  related  by 
A.  H.  Dunlevy  : 

"When  Gov.  Morrow  was  first  elected  Governor  of  Ohio,  in  the  fall  of 
1822,  a  number  of  the  citizens  of  Lebanon  determined  to  visit  him  immedi- 
ately, announce  to  him  the  fact  of  his  election,  and  give  him  a  proper 
ovation  on  the  occasion.  To  that  end,  some  dozen  of  the  most  respected 
citizens  speedily  prepared  to  go  together  as  a  company  of  cavalry,  on  horse- 
back, to  the  Governor's  residence,  some  ten  miles  from  town.  Among 
these  was  William  M.  Wiles,  an  eccentric  man,  but  a  man  of  ready  talent  at 
an  offhand  speech.  Wiles  was  anxious  to  make  the  address,  and  took  the 
night  previous  to  the  visit  to  prepare  it.  Early  next  morning  the  cavalcade 
set  off,  and  reaching  Gov.  Morrow's  residence  they  found  he  was  at  his  mill, 
a  mile  distant.  Thither  they  went,  determined  that  Wiles  should  not  miv 
the  chance  of  making  his  prepared  speech.  But  when  they  reached  the 
mill,  they  found  the  Governor-elect  in  the  forebay  of  his  mill,  up  to  hw 
middle  in  water,  engaged  in  getting  a  piece  of  timber  out  of  the  water- 
gate.,  which  prevented  the  gate  from  shutting  oft' the  water  from  the  wheel. 
This,  however,  was  soon  effected,  and  up  came  the  Governor,  all  wet,  with- 
out coat  or  hat;  and  in  that  condition  the  cavalcade  announced  to  him  his 
election.  Thanking  them  for  their  interest  in  his  success,  he  urged  them 
to  go  back  to  his  residence  and  take  dinner  with  him.  But  Wiles,  disgnsteJ 
at  finding  the  Governor  in  this  condition,  persuaded  the  party  from  going 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  123 

to  dinner,  and  started  home,  declaring  that  he  could  not  make  his  speech 
to  a  man  who  looked  so  much  like  a  drowned  rat.  When  he  saw  that,  he 
paid,  all  his  eloquent  speech  vanished  from  his  mind  and  left  it  a  naked 
blank.  This  speech  would  have  been  a  curiosity,  but  no  one  could  ever 
induce  Wiles  to  show  it." 

It  was  probably  after  his  first  election  to  the  office  of  Gov- 
ernor that  an  incident  told  by  Judge  McLean  occurred.  Several 
weeks  sometimes  elapsed  before  the  returns  of  elections  from 
all  parts  of  the  state  were  received  and  the  result  known  with 
certainty.  Mr.  Morrow  was  riding  at  a  distance  from  his  home 
when  he  was  overtaken  by  a  stranger,  who,  in  the  course  of  a 
conversation,  inquired  how  the  election  had  gone.  The  reply 
was  that  Morrow  had  received  a  large  majority  in  the  south- 
western part  of  the  state  and  was  probably  elected.  "  I  am 
very  sorry  to  hear  it,"  said  the  stranger,  "as  Morrow  has 
already  served  a  long  time  in  Congress  and  received  a  large 
amount  of  public  money  and  I  think  he  is  unfit  for  the  office." 
Mr.  Morrow  in  relating  this,  said,  "  I  hurried  on  in  my  journey, 
fearing  if  I  remained  with  the  stranger,  someone  would  recog- 
nize me,  which  would  give  him  pain." 

Morrow  took  the  oath  of  office  as  chief  magistrate  of  Ohio 
and  delivered  his  "inaugural  speech,"  as  it  was  then  termed, 
December  28,  1822.  Columbus,  then  the  new  capital  of  the 
state,  was  a  little  village  in  the  woods,  off  from  any  important 
road,  with  little  trade,  and,  except  when  the  sessions  of  the 
legislature  gave  it  some  life,  a  dull  and  uninteresting  place. 
Few  of  the  state  officers  then  remained  at  the  capital  through- 
out the  year.  The  Governor's  salary,  which  was  the  largest 
received  by  a  state  officer,  was  81,000.00  a  year.  So  few  were 
the  duties  devolving  on  the  chief  magistrate  that  during  the 
four  years  Morrow  held  the  office,  when  the  legislature  was  not 
in  session,  his  presence  was  only  occasionally  required  at  the 
state  capital  and  the  greater  portion  of  his  time  was  spent  on 
his  farm,  ninety  miles  distant  from.  Columbus.  But  he  never 
neglected  his  public  duties.  The  way  from  his  farm  to  Colum- 
bus lay  for  much  of  the  distance  through  a  low  and  wet  country 
of  the  Virginia  Military  Reservation,  held  in  large  tracts,  thinly 
populated  and  covered  with  an  almost  unbroken  forest.  In  some 
seasons  the  road  through  this  region  was  almost  impassable. 

On  one  occasion  as  he  was  traveling  homeward  from  the 
state  capital,  his  horse  sinking  deep  into  the  black  mud,  he  fell 
in  company  with  a  countryman  riding  bareback.     After  some 


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124  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [April, 

conversation  about  the  wet  weather  and  bad  roads,  the  coun- 
tryman congratulated  himself  that  he  was  near  home  and 
would  not  soon  have  to  venture  out  on  such  roads.  To  this 
the  Governor  replied  that  he  was  not  so  fortunate  as  he  had  a 
considerable  distance  to  go  and  would  be  compelled  soon  to 
retrace  his  journey.  The  stranger,  wondering  what  business 
could  require  such  traveling  and  looking  curiously  at  the  Gov- 
ernor's horse  and  saddle-bags  well  covered  with  mud,  said,  "I 
suppose  you  must  be  the  mail  carrier."  "No,"  said  the  Gov- 
ernor, "but  my  business  will  require  my  return  next  week  at 
least." 

The  annual  messages  of  Governor  Morrow  were  in  one 
respect  at  least,  model  documents  of  their  kind.  They  were 
confined  to  state  affairs  and  were  never  diverted  into  arguments 
on  national  politics.  In  the  preparation  of  his  annual  commu- 
nications to  the  iegisiature,  he  endeavored  to  perform  the  duty 
enjoined  on  him  by  the  constitution  of  Ohio,  to  give  to  the 
General  Assembly  information  of  the  state  of  the  government 
and  to  recommend  to  their  consideration  such  measures  as  he 
deemed  expedient.  Two  subjects  which  received  more  atten- 
tion in  these  documents  than  any   other  were  the   proposed 

state  canals  and  the  common  schools. 

■- 

Governor  Morrow  was  the  firm  and  consistent  friend  of  a 
state  system  of  common  schools.  No  such  system  had  been 
established  in  Ohio  at  the  time  of  his  elevation  to  the  chief 
magistracy,  and  a  portion  of  the  people  were  strongly  opposed 
to  taxation  for  the  support  of  schools.  In  every  one  of  his 
messages  he  referred  to  this  topic,  urging  the  necessity  of 
legislative  provision  for  the  establishment  of  common  schools. 
The  first  law  in  Ohio  which  provided  for  a  system  of  schools 
supported  by  taxation  was  reported  by  a  committee  of  the  two 
houses  of  the  legislature  appointed  to  consider  a  recommenda- 
tion in  the  message  of  Governor  Morrow.  It  was  passed  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1825.  »  At  the  next  session  the  Governor  warmly  con- 
gratulated the  legislature  upon  this  work.     He  said  : 

"The  state  of  education  and  means  for  intellectual  improvement  among 
us  cannot  be  viewed  with  the  same  satisfaction  as  that  of  other  important 
interests  of  the  country.  Measures  for  improvement  in  this  regard  have 
been  a  standing  theme  of  executive  communication  ever  since  the  com- 
mencement of  our  government.  Much  has  been  said  and  nothing  effectu- 
ally done  until  the  last  session  of  the  General  Assembly.  Then  the  incipient 
steps  were  wisely  taken  for  the  introduction  of  a  system  of  common  schools. 
From  the  institutions  then  authorized,  if  duly  supported  and  cherished  by 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  125 

the  legislature  the  most  beneficial  effects  to  society  must  result.  The  neces- 
sity of  such  support  is  obvious ;  because  it  is  a  palpable  fact  that  science 
and  intellectual  improvement  have  fallen  far  behind,  in  their  pace,  the 
progress  of  population,  wealth  and  general  improvement  on  the  face  of  the 
country,  and  equally  unquestionable  that  the  cultivation  of  these  is  essen- 
tial to  the  well-being  of  society.  No  interest,  it  is  believed,  confided  to  the 
legislature  is  of  more  importance  than  this,  whether  we  regard  it  in  its 
influence  on  human  happiness  or  on  the  perpetuity  of  our  republican  insti- 
tutions." 

Governor  Morrow's  messages  indicate  a  liberal  and  enlight- 
ened interest  in  the  great  work  of  internal  improvement  by 
canals.  The  fact  that  canals  have  been  largely  superseded  by 
railroads,  should  not  cause  us  to  undervalue  their  importance 
in  the  past,  or  to  forget  their  inestimable  benefits.  In  the 
third  decade  of  the  history  of  Ohio  the  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  men  of  the  state  were  looking  to  inland  communication 
by  canals  as  of  momentous  interest.  Steamboat  navigation  of 
the  Ohio  and  of  the  lakes  was  in  successful  operation.  'The 
want  of  accessible  markets  throughout  the  interior  counties 
bore  disastrously  upon  their  inhabitants.  In  these  counties 
agriculture  could  scarcely  exist.  Wheat  sold  for  thirty-seven 
and  corn  for  ten  cents  a  bushel. 

There  are  few  grander  projects  in  history  than  that  which 
Ohio  undertook  and  successfully  executed,  of  constructing  two 
lines  of  navigable  canals  across  the  entire  state  between  the 
Ohio  and  Lake  Erie.  At  its  inception  the  state  was  not  yet 
twenty-one  years  old  and  was  without  resources  either  of 
money  or  lands,  for  capitalists  were  only  to  be  found  in  the 
older  cities  of  the  east  and  immense  tracts  of  wild  and  unsold 
lands  within  the  state  belonged  to  the  general  government. 
The  state  had  on  January  31,  1822,  authorized  an  examination 
into  the  practicability  of  connecting  Lake  Erie  and  the  Ohio 
river,  and  surveys  for  that  purpose  had  been  conducted  under 
the  direction  of  commissioners,  of  whom  Morrow  was  one  until 
-his  election  to  the  office  of  Governor. 

The  necessity  of  the  canals  for  the  development  of  the 
resources  of  the  state  and  the  discussion  of  the  means  of  pro- 
viding the  necessary  funds  for  completing  the  improvement 
were  the  topics  more  largely  discussed  in  his  messages  than 
any  other.  A  loan  to  the  state  was  absolutely  necessary  to 
carry  the  work  forward.     He  said  in  1824  : 

"  To  effect  loans,  provision  must  be  made  for  the  punctual  discharge  of 
the  accruing  interest.  That  loans  may  be  procured  on  favorable  terms,  the 
fund  for  the  discharge  of  the  interest  must  be  certain,  and  to  preserve  the 


r 


126 


Jeremiah  Morrow. 


[April, 


public  faith  inviolate,  it  must  be  sufficient.  The  revenue  must  be  ampta 
and  certain,  in  order  to  establish  a  foundation  for  credit  so.  that  the  neces- 
sary loans  may  be  obtained  on  advantageous  terms.  It  would  be  hazardous 
and  improvident  to  engage  in  an  enterprise,  requiring  an  expenditure  of 
several  millions  and  a  period  of  years  for  its  execution,  with  an  insufficient 
provision  for  the  funds.  A  ruinous  failure  might  ensue  after  large  expend- 
itures had  been  incurred,  and  in  case  of  eventual  success  the  burden  of  debt 
would  be  exceedingly  increased.  To  depend  on  loans  for  the  discharge  of 
interest  is  a  policy  that  no  prudent  government  will  resort  to.  No  question 
is  entertained  of  the  capacity  of  the  state  with  suitable  exertion  to  furnish 
adequate  means,  and  that  without  the  imposition  of  further  burdens 
oppressive  to  the  people.  It  is  believed  that  an  annual  tax  much  less  than 
what  was  paid  by  the  people  of  this  state  in  direct  tax  alone  for  the  support 
of  the  last  war,  would  be  sufficient." 

The  surveys  to  determine  the  most  practicable  routes  for  the 
canals  which  were  continued  for  three  years  and  afterward 
work  in  their  construction,  made  the  profession  of  civil  engi- 
neering one  of  the  most  honorable  and  lucrative  in  the  western 
country.  The  state  of  Ohio  had  under  pay  a  large  and  able 
corps  of  engineers,  nearly  all  of  whom  had  been  trained  in 
their  profession  in  the  construction  of  the  canals.  Before  the 
completion  of  the  work,  the  State  Board  of  Public  Works  had 
in  its  employ  distinguished  engineers  at  an  annual  salary  of 
$2,000.00,  who  had  entered  into  the  work  a  few  years  before  as 
rodmen  at  ten  dollars  per  month. 

DE   WITT    CLINTON    IN   OHIO. 

After  extended  preliminary  surveys  and  favorable  reports 
therefrom,  on  February  4,  1825,  the  state  authorixed  the  con- 
struction of  two  canals,  one  from  the  Ohio  to  the  lake  through 
the  Scioto  valley  and  the  Connecticut  reserve,  the  other  from 
Cincinnati  to  Dayton.  The  ceremony  of  inaugurating  work  on 
the  construction  of  the  Ohio  canal  was  fixed  for  July  4,  1825, 
at  a  point  three  miles  from  Newark  in  Licking  county.  The 
breaking  ground  on  this,  the  second  great  work  of  internal 
improvement  in  the  United  States,  was  the  most  interesting 
and  auspicious  ceremony  in  the  history  of  Ohio  at  that  time, 
and  DeWitt  Clinton,  the  projector  and  promoter  of  the  Erie 
canal,  then  nearly  completed,  was  appropriately  invited  to 
assist  the  Governor  of  Ohio  in  the  work.  Clinton  was  then 
Governor  of  New  York  and  the  most  conspicuous  figure  in  the 
United  States.  A  few  months  later  he  had  the  felicity  of  being 
borne  in  a  barge  for  more  than  five  hundred  miles  over  the 
great  Erie  canal  of  which  he  was  almost  the  constructor,  while 
bells  rang  and  cannon  saluted  him  along  the  whole  line  of  his 
progress. 


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1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  127 

The  4th  of  July,  1825,  came  on  Monday.  Governor  Clinton 
slept  on  Sunday  night  twelve  miles  from  Newark.  On  the 
morning  of  the  4th,  Governor  Morrow  sent  his  aids  to  meet 
him  and  bid  him  welcome.  He  was  accompanied  by  Gen. 
Solomon  Van  Rensselaer,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  and 
Messrs.  Rathbone  and  Lord  who  had  made  the  first  loan  to 
the  Canal  Commissioners.  At  eleven  o'clock  a  procession  was 
formed  in  Newark  for  the  purpose  of  marching  to  the  spot 
selected  for  the  celebration.  Governors  Clinton  and  Morrow 
and  ex-Governors  Worthington  and  Brown  occupied  the  car- 
riage in. the  lead.  Then  followed  the  Canal  Commissioners,  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Canal  Fund,  Messrs.  Rathbone,  Van 
Rensselaer  and  Lord,  officers  of  the  state  government,  mem- 
bers of  Congress  and  an  immense  concourse  of  citizens.  The 
villages  of  Newark  and  Granville  were  filled  on  Sunday  night 
with  strangers  from  almost  every  county  of  X\\z  state.  The 
procession  was  escorted  to  the  place  of  breaking  ground  by  a 
large  corps  of  cavalry.  After  arriving  at  the  ground  addresses 
were  delivered  by  Thomas  Ewing  and  Governor  Clinton,  after 
which  Alfred  Kelley,  one  of  the  Canal  Commissioners,  pre- 
sented a  spade  to  Governor  Clinton  and  one  to  Governor  Mor- 
row and  they  dug  the  first  earth  in  the  artificial  channel  which 
united  the  waters  of  the  great  lakes  and  the  Ohio.  An  account 
in  a  newspaper  of  that  day  says  :  "They  removed  the  first  sod 
upon  a  work  which  will  be  admired  when  the  Pyramids  of 
Egypt  are  effaced.  At  this  interesting  moment  the  voices  of 
thousands  rent  the  skies." 

Governor  Morrow  and  his  suite  were  escorted  from  the  Lick- 
ing summit  to  the  capital  by  Colonel  Olmstead's  Dragoons  on 
the  5th  of  July.  Governor  Clinton  was  escorted  by  Colonel 
McCracken's  Dragoons  to  Lancaster,  where  he  was  given  a 
public  dinner.  The  next  day  he  arrived  at  Columbus,  and  was 
addressed  by  Governor  Morrow  in  the  hall  of  the  House  of 
Representatives.  In  his  reply,  Governor  Clinton  gave  expres- 
sion to  an  enthusiastic  prophecy  concerning  the  work  just 
inaugurated:  "In  five  years  it  may,  and  probably  will  be, 
completed,  and  I  am  clearly  of  the  opinion  that  in  two  years 
after  the  consummation  of  the  work,  it  will  produce  an  annual 
revenue  of  at  least  a  million  of  dollars,  and  I  hope  this  remark 
may  be  now  noted,  if  anything  I  shall  say  be  deemed  worthy 
of  particular  notice,  in  order  that  its  accuracy  may  be  tested 
by  experience." 


128  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

A  spectator  present  at  the  visit  of  Governor  Clinton  to 
Columbus  has  recorded  his  recollection  of  the  event  and  the 
enthusiasm  of  the  people  in  canal  navigation  : 

"The  Governors,  Clinton  and  Morrow,  with  other  distinguished  ami 
undistinguished  guests  from  home  and  abroad,  made  their  entrance  into 
the  capital  under  the  escort  of  the  military  and  were  met  in  the  hall  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  by  a  dense  crowd.  Jeremiah  Morrow,  the  slen- 
der, straight,  intellectual-looking  statesman,  welcomed  the  stout-built,  well- 
fed  and  burly-looking  Governor  of  New  York  to  the  capital  of  Ohio.  Full 
of  the  greatness  of  the  occasion  and  alive  to  the  future  destinies  of  the  state 
of  Ohio,  the  welcome  of  the  Governor  and  the  excitement  of  the  people 
made  a  deep  and  lasting  impression  on  my  young  imagination." 

On  July  21,  Governors  Clinton  and  Morrow  broke  ground 
for  the  Miami  canal  near  Middletown.  The  people  everywhere 
were  anxious  to  do  honor  to  the  distinguished  advocates  of 
internal  improvements,  and  the  two  Governors  were  invited  to 
many  public  receptions  and  banquets,  some  of  which  they  were 
able  to  attend.  They  were  guests  at  a  public  dinner  at  Cincin- 
nati on  July  13,  in  honor  of  Henry  Clay.  They  were  at  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  on  July  17,  and  on  their  return  by  the  Ohio 
river  the  next  day  attended  a  reception  at  Lawrenceburg, 
Indiana.  The  most  interesting  and  important  of  these  honors 
was  a  public  dinner  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  July  22,  the  day  after 
the  ceremony  at  Middletown.  At  this  dinner  were  present 
several  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  the  state,  and  the 
newspaper  account  of  it,  with  the  processions  and  public 
addresses  which  preceded  it,  and  the  long  series  of  toasts 
which  followed  it,  is  here  given  to  show  the  method  then  in 
fashion  of  honoring  eminent  public  characters^ 

On  Thursday  afternoon,  July  21,  after  the  ceremony  of  breaking  ground 
for  the  Miami  canal,  DeWitt  Clinton,  Governor  of  New  York  ;  Jeremiah 
Morrow,  Governor  of  Ohio;  Gen.  William  Henry  Harrison,  United  States 
Senator  ;  ex-Gov.  Ethan  Allen  Brown,  and  Gen.  N.  Beasly,  one  of  the  State 
Canal  Commissioners,  started  on  their  journey  from  Middletown  to  Leba- 
non. Henry  Clay,  then  Secretary  of  State  in  the  cabinet  of  President  John 
Q.  Adams,  was  already  in  Lebanon,  where  he  had  arrived  on  his  journey 
to  Washington,  and  was  detained  by  the  sickness  of  his  daughter.  As  the 
distinguished  guests  approached  the  town,  a  signal  gun  on  the  hill  west 
wus  tired.  The  visitors  were  welcomed  to  the  town  by  a  salute  from  Capt. 
Mix's  artillery,  and  the  cheers  of  a  large  body  of  delighted  citizens.  The 
next  day,  at  12  o'clock,  a  procession  of  citizens  was  formed  on  Main  street 
under  the  command  of  Maj.  George  Kesling,  and  marched  to  the  Presbyte- 
rian  church,  where  an  address  to  Gov.  Clinton  was  delivered  by  A.  II. 
Dunlevy.  To  this  address  the  Governor  made  a  short  but  beautiful  reply. 
The  procession  then  moved  back  to  Main  street  and  was  dismissed.  The 
distinguished  visitors,  including  Henry  Clay  and  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Irwin, 
with  a  large  number  of  citizens  of  Warren  county,  sat  down  to  a  dinner, 
which  had  been  provided  by  William  Ferguson.  After  the  repast,  twenty 
toasts  were  drunk.    The  first  was  "The  President  of  the  United  States  "  ; 


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ihe  second,  "The  Vice  President"  ;  the  third,  "The  Memory  of  Washing- 
ton "  ;  the  fourth,  "  The  Government  of  the  United  States  "  ;  the  fifth  was 
as  follows : 

"Our  distinguished  guest,  his  excellency  DcWitt  Clinton— While  the  fame  of  other  men 
Jives  only  in  the  perishable  pages  of  history,  his  is  deeply  engraven  in  the  soil  of  his 
native  slate." 

This  sentiment  was  received  with  loud  and  reiterated  applause.  Gov. 
Clinton  rose,  and,  in  a  felicitous  manner,  expressed  his  acknowledgments 
for  the  kind  attentions  paid  him  by  the  citizens  of  Warren  county.  It  is 
said  by  A.  H.  Dunlevy,  that  Gov.  Clinton  never  made  extemporaneous 
addresses,  and  that  his  remarks  both  at  the  church  and  at  the  dinner  on 
this  occasion,  were  written  out  and  read  from  the  manuscripts.  Before  he 
gat  down  he  proposed  the  following : 

"The  County  of  Warren  and  its  worthy  citizens— The  dispensations  of  Providence  have 
been  so  liberal  that  nothing  but  their  own  exertions  are  necessary  to  conduct  them  to  a 
distinguished  elevation  of  prosperity." 

The  following  sentiment  was  read : 

"  Gov.  Morrow— An  able  civilian— whether  in  the  gubernatorial  chair  or  the  legislative 
hall,  he  reflects  credit  upon  his  state." 

This  was  received  with  loud  cheers,  and  Gov.  Morrow  rose  and  addressed 
the  company  in  appropriate  remarks.  Before  sitting  down,  he  gave  as  his 
toast,  "The  Ohio  and  Miami  Canals." 

George  J.  Smith,  of  Lebanon,  gave  this  toast : 

"The  Hon.  Henry  Clay,  Secretary  of  State— An  enlightened  and  independent  statesman 
and  incorruptible  patriot";  his  past  life  has  been  identified  with  the  interest  and  happiness 
of  his  country— a  sure  guarantee  that  his  future  days  will  be  devoted  to  her  glory." 

Mr.  Clay  then  rose  and  addressed  the  audience  for  a  short  time  in  an 
eloquent  manner  and  gave  the  following: 

"Gen.  Bolivar— He  has  exhibited  more  than  Roman  patriotism  in  his  desire  of  voluntary 
exile  to  perpetuate  that  liberty  which  he  has  established." 

Ex-Gov.  Brown,  having  been  toasted  by  C.  D.  Morris  as  "The  Projector 
of  the  Ohio  Canal,"  addressed  the  meeting.  Gen.  Beasly,  having  been 
toasted  by  J.  D.  Miller,  Est].,  also  made  some  remarks. 

A.  H.  Dunlevy  offered  the  following: 

"Our  guest,  Gen.  William  Henry  Harrison — During  the  late  war  he  defended  our  north- 
ern and  western  froutiers  from  the  ravages  of  a  savage  foe  :  but  his  services  can  be  prop- 
erly appreciated  only  by  those  who  witnessed  the  obstacles  be  surmounted." 

Gen.  Harrison  then  addressed  the  company  in  an  eloquent  manner  and 
proposed  the  following : 

"Gen.  Anthony  Wayne— The  man  without  fear  and  without  reproach." 
Hon.  Thomas  R.  Koss  offered  the  following: 

"Gen.  Andrew  Jackson— The  distinguished  citizen  and  soldier;  may  the  freemen  of  the 
United  States  never  forget  his  past  eminent  services,  the  surest  pledge  of  his  future 
usefulness." 

^  The  next  day,  Gov.  Clinton,  accompanied  by  ex-Gov.  Brown  and  Judge 
Kesling,  left  Lebanon  for  Hillsboro,  where  arrangements  had  been  made 
for  another  public  reception. 

RECEPTIOxX    OF    LA  FAYETTE. 

It  was  the  pleasing  duty  of  Governor  Morrow  to  welcome 
LaFayette,  the  nation's  guest,  to  Ohio.  The  celebration  of  the 
landing  of  LaFayette  on  the  soil  of  Ohio  exceeded  in  splendor 
anything  before  witnessed  in  Cincinnati,  and  was  truly  a  grand 
demonstration  of  popular  enthusiasm  in  which  50,000 .grateful 
people   participated.      Governor  Morrow,  with  the  simplicity 


130  Jeremiah  Morroiv.  [April, 

becoming  a  chief  magistrate  of  a  republican  state,  rode  from 

his  residence  to  Cincinnati  on  horseback,  accompanied  by  hi is 

eldest  son.     A  few  miles  from  the  city,  near  Pleasant  Rtdgc, 

he  was  met  by  a  cavalry  company  and  escorted  into  the  city. 

The  arrival  of   LaFayete  was  delayed  a  day  later  than   was 

anticipated.     On  May  19,  1825,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon, 

he  arrived  at  Covington.     The  secretary  to  LaFayette  says  : 

"  Several  boats  carrying  a  deputation  from  Cincinnati  had  been  wait  in  <j 
since  morning  for  the  arrival  of  LaFayette.  We  entered  one  of  the  boat* 
manned  by  sailors  in  uniform,  the  boat  ornamented  with  flowers,  an<! 
landed  on  the  Cincinnati  side  under  a  salute  of  13  guns  and  cries  of  "  Wei- 
come,  LaFayette,"  repeated  by  thousands  of  voices  in  honor  of  the  guest  of 
America.  In  the  presence  of  the  people  assembled  on  the  banks  of  the 
river  and  of  several  regiments  of  militia  formed  in  line,  Gov.  Morrow 
received  him  in  the  name  of  the  state,  and  having  placed  him  by  his  side 
in  a  carriage  conducted  him  to  the  hotel,  where  Gen.  Harrison  addressed 
him." 

At  the  landing,  Governor  Morrow,  standing  at  the  head  of  a 

large  body  of  gorgeously  dressed  soldiery,  took  LaFayette  by 

the  hand  and  addressed  him  as  follows  : 

"General — On  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  the  state  of  Ohio,  I  have  the 
honor  to  greet  you  with  an  affectionate  and  cordial  welcome. 

"This  state,  from  the  circumstance  of  its  recent  origin,  wa^.  not  a  member 
of  the  American  Confederation  until  many  years  after  the  termination  of 
the  Revolutionary  War.  Her  territory  has  not  been  the  theater  or  those 
military  operations  so  important  in  their  results,  nor  have  her  fields  been 
rendered  memorable  by  the  then  sanguinary  conflicts.  Hence,  in  visiting 
a  country  barren  of  revolutionary  incidents,  those  recollections  and  associ- 
ations with  which  you  were  impressed  on  lately  traversing  Bunker's  Hiii 
and  the  scene  of  hostile  action  and  victory  at  Yorktown  cannot  be  produced. 
Still,  sir,  we  flatter  ourselves  that  your  visit  to  the  western  country,  which 
has  excited  on  our  part  the  most  lively  emotion,  will  not  be  wholly  unin- 
teresting to  yourself.  To  you  it  must  be  interesting  to  witness,  in  the  social 
order  which  prevails,  and  the  rapid  progress  of  improvement  in  our  coun- 
try, a  practical  illustration  of  the  effects  produced  on  the  condition  of  man 
by  those  principles  of  rational  liberty  of  which  you  have  been  the  early 
defender,  the  consistent  advocate  and  the  uniform  friend;  and  the  same 
people  welcome  you  here  as  on  the  more  classic  ground  over  which  you 
have  passed ;  for  here,  as  in  the  elder  states,  many  of  those  patriots  who 
achieved  our  nation's  independence  have  fixed  their  residence.  They  and 
their  descendants  form  a  large  portion  of  our  population,  and  give  a  like 
tone  to  the  feelings  and  character  of  our  community.  With  the  sentiments 
of  gratitude  and  veneration  common  to  our  fellow-citizens  throughout  the 
United  States,  we  hail  you,  General,  as  the  early  and  constant  friend  of  our 
country,  of  rational  liberty  and  of  the  rights  of  man." 

General  LaFayette  replied  as  follows  : 

" The  highest  reward  that  can  be  bestowed  on  a  revolutionary  veteran 
is  to  welcome  him  to  a  sight  of  the  blessings  which  have  issued  from  our 
struggle  for  independence,  freedom  and  equal  rights.  Where  can  those 
enjoyments  be  more  complete  than  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  where,  even  among 
the  prodigies  of  American  progress,  we  are  so  particularly  to  admire  the 
rapid  and  wonderful  results  of  free  institutions,  free  spirit  and  free  industry. 
and  where  I  am  received  by  the  people  and  in  their  name  by  their  chief 
magistrate  with  an  affection  and  concourse  of  public  kindness  which   fills 


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jav  heart  with  most  lively  sentiments  of  gratitude?  While  I  am  highly 
obliged  for  your  having  come  so  far  to  meet  me,  I  much  regret  the  impossi- 
bility to  present  to  you  my  acknowledgments,  a?  I  had  intended,  at  the  seat 
of  government.  You  know,  sir,  the  citizens  of  the  state  know,  by  what 
,-r.gagements,  by  what  sacred  duties,  I  am  bound  to  the  solemn  celebration 
of  a  half  secular  anniversary,  equally  interesting  to  the  whole  Union.  I 
offer  you,  sir,  my  respectful  "thanks  for  the  kind  and  gratifying  manner  in 
which  you  have  been  pleased  to  express  your  own  and  the  people's  wel- 
come, and  permit  me  here  to  offer  the  tribute  of  my  grateful  devotion  and 
respect  to  the  happy  citizens  of  the  state  of  Ohio." 

The  festivities  were  continued  on  the  next  day,  when  there 
was  a  grand  street  procession,  a  review  of  militia  companies, 
an  address  by  Joseph  S.  Benham  before  an  immense  concourse 
of  people,  a  public  dinner,  and  a  ball  at  night.  At  midnight 
on  May  20,  at  a  signal  fired  by  the  Vevay,  Indiana,  artillery, 
General  LaFayette  and  his  suite  embarked  on  the  Herald  to 
ascend  the  Ohio  to  Wheeling,  to  which  place  Governor  Morrow 
accompanied  him. 

In    1829   Augusta  Jean  Jacques    Hervieu,   a   French    artist, 

painted  in  Cincinnati  a  large  historical  painting  representing 

the  landing  of  Lafayette  at  Cincinnati.     The  picture,  which 

attracted  much  attention  at  the  time  of  its  first  exhibition,  is 

now  lost.     It  was  sixteen  by  twelve  feet,  and  upon  the  canvas 

the  artist  introduced  a  large  number  of  likenesses  of  well-known 

citizens  of  Cincinnati  and  vicinity.    The  following  extract  from 

an  extended  description  of  the  painting  in  the  Western  Monthly 

Review,  Cincinnati,  February,  1830,  will  give  some  idea  of  the 

grand  pageant  it  was  intended  to  depict : 

"The  principal  group  Is  composed  of  LaFayette  and  the  superior  officers 
who  crossed  the  river  with  him,  and  who  are  advancing  to  meet  Mr.  Mor- 
row, Governor  of  Ohio.  Amiability  sits  embodied  in  the  countenance  of 
this  man,  who  is  affectionately  grasping  his  hand.  Among  the  persons  of 
his  suite  are  Generals  Harrison  and  Lytle,  and  Desha,  Governor  of  Ken- 
tucky. A  little  below,  in  the  second  group,  are  the  Governor's  two  aids-de- 
camp, Colonels  Pendleton  and  King.  There  is  a  general  concurrence  of 
opinion  in  regard  to  the  fidelity  of  the  likeness  of  Creneral  LaFayette.  He 
has  been  rowed  across  the  river  from  Kentucky,  accompanied  by  the  Gov- 
ernor of  that  state  and  many  of  its  distinguished  citizens.  Squares  of  infan- 
try and  cavalry,  in  their  gaudiest  uniforms,  are  formed  in  lines.  On  the 
ascending  slope  above  him,  around  him.  on  the  roofs  of  the  houses,  as  far 
a-  he  can  see,  every  space  is  crowded  with  people,  and  all  is  life,  joy  and 
welcome.  The  excellent  Governor  Morrow,  with  a  countenance,  costume 
and  manner  delightfully  quaint,  simple  and  puritanic,  is  grasping  his  hand, 
and  if  Hervieu  had  wished  to  personify  Western  Republicanism,  this  is  just 
the  figure  and  expression.  You  imagine  that  it  is  Cincinnatus,  who  lias 
unyoked  his  team,  put  on  his  best,  and  come  to  welcome  his  dearest  friend.'' 

GOVERNOR    MORROW'S    VISIT    TO   THE    EAST. 

In  the  summer  of  1826  Governor  Morrow  visited  West  Point, 
having  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  to 


132  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [April, 

the  Military  Academy.  Me  also  visited  New  York,  where  he 
had  a  consultation  with  Ebenezer  Buckingham,  one  of  the 
Ohio  Canal  Fund  Commissioners,  who  was  in  that  city  for  the 
purpose  of  negotiating  a  loan  authorized  by  the  state  of  Ohio 
for  the  construction  of  her  canals.  Some  difficulty  was  expe- 
rienced in  effecting  the  loan  on  favorable  terms  on  account  of 
the  stringency  of  the  money  market.  The  Governor  gave  such 
aid  to  the  negotiation  as  he  was  able  with  his  counsel  and 
advice,  and  a  few  weeks  later,  on  July  20,  a  contract  was  con- 
cluded between  the  state  of  Ohio  and  John  Jacob  Astor  and 
others  of  New  York  for  one  million  dollars  bearing  six  per 
cent,  interest  payable  semi-annually  and  redeemable  at  the 
pleasure  of  the  state  after  1850,  the  lenders  paying  a  premium 
of  $8,475.00. 

At  the  time  of  this  visit  the  completion  of  the  Erie  canal 
and  the  introduction  of  steamboats  on  Lake  Erie  had  enabled 
travelers  from  Ohio  to  New  York  to  substitute  for  the  former 
tiresome  route  over  the  mountains  to  Philadelphia,  the  more 
comfortable  and  expeditious  one  by  way  of  the  lake  to  Buffalo, 
thence  by  canal  packet  to  Albany  and  thence  by  steamboat  to 
New  York. 

The  Governor  on  his  return  arrived  by  steamboat  at  the 
village  of  Cleveland  about  the  first  of  July,  and  on  his  journey 
southward  passed  along  the  upper  line  of  the  Ohio  and  Erie 
canal,  then  in  progress  of  construction,  carefully  examining  the 
excavations,  masonry,  draws  and  aqueducts.  It  was  the  upper 
part  of  the  line  between  the  lake  and  Portage  Summit  that 
presented  the  greatest  obstructions  to  a  canal,  an  ascent  of  395 
feet  being  here  encountered  in  37  miles,  requiring  44  locks. 
The  Cuyahoga  river  was  here  also  to  be  turned  out  of  its 
course  and  new  channels  made  for  its  waters  in  four  different 
places  to  make  room  for  the  canal.  The  river  and  four  of  its 
branches  were  to  be  crossed  by  aqueducts  and  dams.  He 
arrived  at  his  home  on  July  20.  In  his  next  and  last  annual 
message  he  expressed  his  high  satisfaction  with  the  progress 
of  the  work  on  the  canal  and  the  manner  in  which  it  had  been 
executed. 

A  DUKE  AT  THE  FARM  HOME  OF  THE  GOVERNOR. 

In  the  last  year  of  his  administration  Governor  Morrow  was 
visited  at  his  farm  home  by  the  Duke  of  Saxe-Weimar.  The 
Duke  arrived  at  Cincinnati  by  steamboat,  and  desiring  to  see 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  133 

the  interior  of  the  state  he  procured  a  carriage  and  four  horses 

at  Cincinnati,  for  which  he  paid  six  dollars  per  day.     On  the 

3d  of  May,  182G,  he  started  up  the   state   road   leading  from 

Cincinnati   to  Chillicothe,   and   traveled    the   first   day   over  a 

muddy  road  about  twenty  miles  to  the  residence  of  Governor 

Morrow,  to  whom  he  had  a  letter  of  introduction  from  Governor 

Johnson  of  New  Orleans.    In  his  book  of  travels  the  Duke  says  : 

"The  dwelling  of  the  Governor  consists  of  a  plain  frame  house  situated 
on  a  little  elevation  not  far  from  the  shore  of  the  Little  Miami  and  is 
entirely  surrounded  by  fields.  The  business  of  the  state  calls  him  once  a 
month  to  Columbus,  the  seat  of  government,  and  the  remainder  of  his  time 
he  passes  at  his  country  seat,  occupied  with  farming,  a  faithful  copy  of  an 
nncient  Cincinnatus.  He  was  engaged  at  our  arrival  in  cutting  a  wagon 
pole,  but  he  immediately  stopped  his  work  to  give  us  a  hearty  welcome. 
He  appeared  to  be  about  fifty  years  of  age.  He  is  not  tall,  but  thin  and 
strong,  and  has  an  expressive  physiognomy,  with  dark  and  animated  eyes. 
He  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Ohio.  He 
offered  us  a  night's  lodging  at  his  house,  which  we  accepted  very  thank- 
fully. When  seated  around  the  chimney  fire  in  the  evening,  he  related  to 
us  a  great  many  of  the  dangers  and  difficulties  the  first  settlers  had  to  con- 
tend with.  We  spent  our  evening  with  the  Governor  and  his  lady.  Their 
children  are  settled  and  they  have  with  them  only  a  couple  of  grandchil- 
dren. AVhen  we  took  our  seats  at  supper  the  Governor  made  a  prayer. 
There  was  a  Bible  and  several  religious  books  lying  on  the  table.  After 
breakfasting  with  our  hospitable  host  we  took  our  leave." 

Twenty  years  later  Hon.  Charles  Anderson,  afterward  Gov- 
ernor of  Ohio,  was  traveling  in  Europe  and  met  the  Grand  Duke 
in  a  packet  on  the  River  Elbe.  The  Duke  spoke  of  his  travels 
in  republican  America  and  described  the  great  interest  with 
which  he  had  looked  upon  the  scenes  of  that  country,  so  differ- 
ent from  anything  he  had  ever  seen  in  the  old  world.  He 
spoke  particularly  of  his  visit  to  Governor  Morrow,  whom  he 
found  in  the  garb  of  a  farmer,  wearing  a  red  flannel  shirt,  his 
hands  and  face  smeared  with  charcoal  from  burning  brush  in  a 
clearing.  The  Duke,  accustomed  to  the  splendors  of  a  palace, 
must  have  gazed  with  astonishment  on  the  spectacle.  Although 
he  expressed  much  admiration  for  the  republican  chief  magis- 
trate, he  had  no  wish  to  imitate  his  example  ;  but  he  told 
young  Anderson,  as  they  descended  the  river,  that  of  all  the 
public  men  he  had  met  in  his  extensive  travels  in  America,  he 
had  taken  the  greatest  liking  to  Henry  Clay  and  Governor 
Morrow. 

(To  be  concluded.) 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY  OF  G.  F.  WITTICH. 

(Concluded  from  Vol.  VIII,  page  200.) 

HAVING  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of 
the  Circleville  Union  School,  now  properly  called  Public 
Schools,  I  wish  to  add  here  some  reminiscences  regard- 
ing them.  There  was  no  graded  school  established  in 
Circleville  before  1852.  The  district  school  (one  room)  was 
kept  in  a  small,  one-story  brick  building  adjoining  the  south 
side  of  the  Academy,  a  private  school  of  two  rooms.  The 
pupils  of  the  Academy  would  mockingly  denominate  the  small 
district  school  the  "Kitchen  School." 

The  demand  for  a  building  where  all  the  children  could  be 
accommodated  became  greater  every  year.  A  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, consisting  of  Dr.  Wayne  Griswold,  president  ;  J.  W. 
Burget,  secretary  ;  S.  A.  Moore,  treasurer ;  George  Myers, 
George  Gearhart  and  W.  W.  Bierce,  decided  to  erect  a  building 
that  would  answer  all  purposes.  The  plan  of  one  building  for 
the  whole  town  was  at  the  first  election  voted  down  by  the 
citizens,  but  after  being  more  fully  informed  and  advised  by 
Dr.  A.  D.  Lord,  Superintendent  of  Columbus  (Ohio)  Schools, 
and  by  a  committee  of  the  board  that  visited  other  cities,  the 
second  election  carried.  It  provided  for  levying  a  tax  of 
89,000— §3,000  in  one,  83,000  in  two  and  83,000  in  three  years. 

I  quote  from  the  History  of  the  Public  Schools  of  Circleville 
the  following : 

,4Mr.  Everts  was  for  many  years  before  this  penod  a  success- 
ful schoolteacher  of  this  district.  In  a  log  house  of  two  rooms 
(upper  and  lower),  near  the  old  oak  just  east  of  the  present 
Everts  School  Building,  he  held  a  popular  school.  Man)'  old 
citizens  bear  grateful  testimony  to  the  unwavering  zeal  he 
showed  in  behalf  of  the  establishment  in  Circleville  and 
throughout  the  State  of  a  graded  public  school  system,  sup- 
ported by  direct  tax  and  free  to  all  of  school  age  in  each 
district. 

"Though  his  property  was  not  large,  yet  he  determined,  if 
such  a  system  could  be  established  in  his  days,  to  donate  this 
hill  property  to  the  town  as  a  site.  His  views  were  in  advance 
of  his  time.  In  his  will  this  outlot  of  nearly  four  acres  was  to 
be  sold  by  the  heirs  to  the  school  district,  if  devoted  forever 
for  educational  purpose,  for  the  nominal  sum  of  81,000. 

"The  heirs  in  the  true  spirit  of  the  testator  offered  it  to  the 
board  for  §800i  though  at  the  time  it  would  have  yielded  sev- 
eral thousand  in  town  lots."  N 

Adjoining  outlots  and  town  lots  were  also  bought  from 
different  persons,  until  after  several  years  the  Board  of  Edu- 

134 


1900.  ]  Autobiography  of  G.  F.  Wittich.  135 

cation  had  secured  all  the  property  necessary  to  form  a  com- 
plete square  from  Court  street  to  Pickaway  street/ 

The  building  was  finished  in  November,  1852. 

The  schools  were  opened  on  November  22,  1852. 

Mr.  John  Lynch,  Superintendent,  salary,  §1,000. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Cotton,  Principal  Male  High  School,  $400. 

Miss  Henrietta  S.  Matthews,  Female  High  School,  $300. 

Miss  Mary  L.  McNeil,  $250  ;  Miss  Mary  Ann  Harris,  §250  ; 
and  Misses  Evaline  A.  Humaston,  Harriet  M.  Keys,  Celia  Ann 
Minot,  C.  J.  Loveland,  Mary  R.  McCormick,  Lucy  M.  Atwater, 
Rhode  Greenleaf,  Elizabeth  C.  Rice  and  Frances  H.  Sprengle, 
each  §200. 

Several  of  my  children  had  attended  the  district  and  private 
schools  ;  as  soon  as  the  graded  schools  opened,  I  placed  them 
there. 

All  my  children  (eight)  obtained  their  education  in  this 
building,  most  of  them  going  through  all  the  studies  and  the 
four  years'  course  in  the  High  School.  Albert  graduated  in 
March,  1861 ;  Theophiius,  in  March,  1865.'  Rose,  in  December, 
1868  ;  Willis,  in  March,  1870,  and  Ella,  in  June,  1872. 

The  Board  of  Education  of  the  Circleville  Schools  in  1857 
consisted  of  A.  McCrea,  president ;  E.  C.  Clarke,  secretary  ; 
Will  Bauder,  treasurer  ;  John  T.  Delaplane,  W.  W.  Bierce  and 
J.  B.  Evans.  J.  T.  Delaplane  resigned  and  I  was  appointed 
member  of  the  board  for  his  unexpired  term.  In  April,  1858, 
I  was  elected  at  the  regular  annual  election  for  the  two  years, 
1858  to  1860.  Since  1860  I  was  elected  every  third,  year  up  to 
the  term  ending  April,  1896. 

In  the  summer  of  1865  Mr.  O.  E.  Niles,  who  was  then  secre- 
tary of  the  board,  resigned  and  I  was  appointed  to  that  office 
to  fill  his  unexpired  term.  After  the  expiration  of  his  term  I 
was  elected  secretary  (now  called  clerk,  in  the  new  school  law) 
of  the  board  at  every  successive  organization  of  the  board  up 
to  April,  1895. 

Mr.  William  Doane  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  in 
1860.  He  was  chosen  for  treasurer  in  1882,  and  remained  a 
member  of  the  board  and  treasurer  until  his  death  in  1888. 
Being  a  practical  mechanic  and  a  good  financier,  with  rare 
abilities  as  engineer  and  architect,  his  services  were  most  valu- 
able to  the  board  and  the  public  at  large.  He  spent  a  great 
deal  of  time  in  suggesting  aud  drawing  plans  for  the  new  school 
buildings  and  superintending  the  construction  of  them  without 
making  any  charge.  He  was  severely  injured  by  being  thrown 
from  his  buggy,  striking  a  tree,  but  recovered  only  partially. 
In  August,  1888,  he  grew  much  worse,  and  died  in  September. 

The  last  settlement  with  me  as  clerk  of  the  board  (and  a 
very  complicated  settlement  on  account  of  some  building 
expenses)  he  completed  on  his  deathbed,  a  few  days  before  he 
died.      The   most   extensive   and   difficult   building  operation, 


^**u*mmM'* 


136  Autobiography  of  G.  F.   Wittich.  [April, 

which  Mr.  Doane  partly  planned  and  then  superintended,  was 
the  remodeling  and  enlarging  of  the  Everts  Building  in  1SS0, 
changing  it  from  a  13  or  14-room  building  to  a  23-room  build- 
ing, with  three  large  halls,  four  flights  of  stairs  and  steam 
heating  throughout. 

On  my  retirement  from  the  board,  the  following  minute  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  we,  as  members  of  the  Board  of  Education,  express  by  a 
rising  vote  our  sincere  regret  at  the  retirement  from  this  board  of  our 
fellow-member  and  friend,  Mr.  G.  F.  Wittich,  and  that  we  thus  empha^izo 
oar  esteem  for  him  as  a  friend,  and  our  admiration  for  the  very  faithful 
manner,  and  for  the  unimpeachable  integrity,  with  which  for  thirty-eight 
years  as  a  member  of  this  body,  and  for  thirty  years  as  secretary  "of  the 
same,  he  lias  discharged  the  important  duties  connected  with  his  official 
position. 

G.  A.  Wilder,  Pres't,  Sol.  D.  Riegel, 

A.  P.  Courtpjght,  Treas.,  C.  E.  Moelleu, 

Geo.  H.  Pontius,  Clerk,  O.  PI.  Crow,. 

April  20,  1896. 

My  wife  and  I  were  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church  and 
attended  the  services  there,  as  did  also  all  our  children  as  they 
grew  up.  Rev.  Joseph  A.  Roof  served  the  congregation  from 
the  year  1S35  on  for  about  eighteen  years.  Our  children  were 
all  baptized  by  him  except  the  youngest  (Frank),  who  was 
baptized  by  Rev.  John  Wagenhals. 

About  the  year  1870  the  usually  good  health  of  my  wife 
began  to  fail.  She  was  able,  howrever,  to  attend  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  household  affairs.  Pier  niece,  Miss  Kate 
Pedrick,  who  made  her  home  with  us  for  a  number  of  years, 
assisted  and  we  kept  a  girl  constantly  to  do  the  housework. 

In  the  spring  of  1871  we  concluded  to  make  a  visit  to  some 
of  her  cousins  living  near  Toronto,  in  Canada,  with  the  hope 
of  improving  her  health.  We  made  short  trips,  stopping  over 
night  at  Cleveland,  also  at  Buffalo,  at  Niagara  Falls  and  at 
Toronto.  At  Toronto  we  took  passage  on  the  Northern  Rail- 
road to  Richmond  Hill  station,  twelve  miles  north  of  Toronto. 

We  stopped  at  Michael  Keffer's  house  first,  and  during  two 
weeks  of  our  stay  in  that  settlement  called  on  all  the  other 
Keffers  living  in  the  same  neighborhood.  We  spent  most  of 
our  time  at  William  Keffer's  house.  They  are  all  well-to-do 
farmers,  occupying  the  land  their  grandfathers  purchased  and 
occupied  sixty  years  before.  On  our  return  we  passed  through 
Toronto,  Niagara  Falls,  then  on  the  New  York  Central  Rail- 
road to  Albany,  where  we  remained  one  day. 

On  the  Hudson  River  Railroad  nearly  opposite  West  Point, 
N.  Y.,  lies  a  small  town  named  Garrison,  where  we  stopped  and 
crossed  the  Hudson  River  to  Highland  Falls,  a  short  distance 
from  West  Point.  There  we  visited  our  son  Willis,  who  was  a 
cadet  at  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  since  June,  1870.  We 
remained  there  nearly  a  week.  This  was  the  time  of  their 
annual  examination,  their  infantry,  cavalry  and  artillery  exer- 


1900.]  :  Autobiography  of  G.  F.  Wittich.  137 

cises  and  drills,  which  took  place  every  afternoon  and  evening 
for  a  week  and  brought  many  officers  and  prominent  public 
men  there. 

Leaving  West  Point  we  stopped  at  New  York  three  or  four 
days,  at  Philadelphia  about  the  same  time,  returning  via  Pitts- 
burg and  Columbus  homeward. 

Her  health  did  not  improve,  but  steadily  declined.  She  was 
under  treatment  of  Dr.  Wayne  Griswold  during  1871.  In  the 
spring  of  1872  Dr.  Samuel  Turney  attended  her. 

The  summer  of  1872  was  an  unusually  hot  one  and  she  suf- 
fered much  from  the  heat.  To  add  to  our  anxiety  our  daughter 
Rose  was  taken  down  with  typhoid  fever  in  September.  She 
became  dangerously  ill  and  Dr.  Turney  was  much  alarmed  at 
her  condition,  but  by  the  doctor's  careful  attention  and  Kate 
Pedrick's  good  nursing  she  was  spared  to  us,  and  improved 
slowly,  while  her  mother  grew  worse. 

She  expressed  herself  fully  resigned  to  the  will  of  God,  and 
died  peaceably  and  quietly  on  October  23,  1872,  at  the  hour  of 
three  in  morning. 

Rev.  Souders  of  the  English  Lutheran  Church  had  been  vis- 
iting her  frequently,  and  he  and  Rev.  Mr.  Mechling  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  in  Lancaster.  Ohio,  conducted  the  services 
at  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Rev.  Mechling's  discourse  was 
based  on  Rev.  xiv,  13. 

Some  time  after  Rev.  Joseph  A.  Roof's  resignation  as  pastor 
of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  in  Circleville  and  his 
removal  to  Iowa,  Rev.  Joel  Swartz,  of  Virginia,  was  called  to 
serve  the  congregation  about  the  year  1850  and  accepted.  The 
congregation  being  connected  with  the  English  District  Synod 
of  Ohio,  Mr.  Swartz  became  a  member  of  the  same. 

In  the  year  1859  the  congregation  was  drawn  into  serious 
trouble.  During  the  summer  of  that  year  Mr.  Swartz  began  to 
preach  sermons  indicating  his  preference  to  the  doctrinal 
standing  of  the  General  Synod  in  certain  points.  Deeming  it 
a  violation  of  his  obligation  as  a  member  of  the  Synod,  caused 
me  to  take  notes  of  several  of  his  sermons  during  services  and 
to  write  them  out  after  service. 

In  December,  1859,  he  announced  that  as  he  could  no  longer 
accept  or  entertain  certain  doctrines  contained  iu  the  Augsburg 
Confession  regarding  Baptism,  the  Lord's  Supper,  Institution 
of  Sunday,  etc.,  his  sympathy  was  in  accord  with  the  doctrinal 
standing  of  the  General  Synod  and  he  would  resign  his  charge. 

As  he  already  had  some  adherents  to  his  position,  this  course 
created  at  once  two  factions  in  the  congregation.  His  resigna- 
tion was  accepted  to  take  effect  at  the  end  of  the  pastoral  year 
in  March,  1800.  In  the  meantime  several  pastors  of  the  English 
District  Synod  brought  charges  against  him  for  preaching  false 
doctrine.    The  President  of  the  Synod  called  a  special  meeting 


138  Autobiography  of  G.  F.   Wittich.  [April, 

in  March,  18G0,  to  examine  the  charges  and  demand  of  me  the 
abstracts  of  his  sermons.  Mr.  Svvartz  acknowledged  the  ab- 
stracts to  be  correct  and  the  charges  were  sustained. 

He  was  admonished  to  retract  his  course.  Two  weeks  were 
given  him  to  inform  the  President  of  his  decision,  to  retract, 
otherwise  the  Synod  would  consider  him  deposed  from  the 
ministry  and  his  name  stricken  from  the  roll.  He  did  not  heed 
the  request,  but  immediately  joined  the  Miami  Synod  in  con- 
nection with  the  General  Synod. 

At  the  annual  congregational  meeting  his  adherents  elected 
him  by  a  small  majority  as  their  pastor.  It  was  found  to  be 
absolutely  impossible  to  elect  officers  or  transact  any  business 
peaceably  under  the  excitement  produced  by  the  election  of 
Mr.  Swartz  and  the  original  congregation  proceeded  to  another 
place  and  elected  officers.  The  seceders  also  elected  their 
officers,  having  secured  the  keys  to  the  church  previous  to  the 
meeting.  The  original  congregation  was  served  in  a  hall  tem- 
porarily by  neighboring  ministers,  until  the  frame  Baptist 
Church  couid  be  rented,  and  later  the  Protestant  Methodist 
Church  on  Pickaway  street.  Rev.  Albrecht  and  after  him  Rev. 
J.  Wagenhals  served  the  congregation. 

The  church  property  coming  into  dispute  caused  a  suit 
brought  by  the  trustees  of  the  original  congregation.  The  trial 
in  the  Common  Pleas  Court  belore  Judge  Briggs,  the  only 
complete  trial  held,  resulted  in  a  decree  granting  the  church 
to  the  adherent  to  the  old  order  of  things.  Judge  Briggs  deliv- 
ered a  lengthy  and  able  decision  in  favor  of  the  old  congrega- 
tion. As  was  to  be  expected,  the  opposition  appealed  to  the 
District  Court.  A  year  or  two  later  the  District  Court  com- 
menced the  trial,  but  stopped  in  the  middle  of  it,  declaring 
that  the  trial  would  be  so  lengthy  and  tedious  that  they  could 
not  remain  long  enough  to' finish  it. 

One  year  later  Judge  Brinkerhoff  and  his  associates  decided 
to  give  the  property  to  the  seceders,  the  General  Synod  party, 
who  had  virtually  seceded  from  the  status  of  the  original  con- 
gregation and  the  Synod  to  which  they  belonged. 

In  1SG1  the  original  congregation  obtained  by  order  of  Court 
the  two  east  lots  (Nos.  115  and  110)  of  the  burying  ground  on 
Mound  street  for  81.00,  provided  the  congregation  would  buiid 
a  fence  around  it  within  one  year  and  build  a  church  thereon 
in  five  years.  The  director  of  the  town,  W.  W.  Bierce,  executed 
the  deed.  All  this  was  accomplished  before  the  expiration  of 
the  time.  The  church  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $5f(K'0 
and  all  paid  for  in  1870. 

But  now  new  troubles  arose.  At  a  meeting  of  the.  English 
District  Synod  of  Ohio  held  in  Lima  in  I860  there  existed 
among  the  members  of  the  Synod  a  division  of  opinion  in 
regard  to  certain  extra  confessional  (none  fundamental)  points, 
namely,  mixed  communion,   exchange  of  pulpits,  secret  socie- 


190G.]  Autobiography  of  G.  F.  Wittich.  139 

ties  and  chiliasm.  The  Synod  had  attached  itself  a  year  or 
two  previously  to  the  General  Council  (a  general  body  com- 
posed of  a  number  of  Syuods  all  accepting  the  unaltered  Augs- 
burg Confession  and  the  Symbolical  Books).  Upon  request  of 
the  Joint  Synod  of  Ohio  this  body  stated  their  position  in 
regard  to  these  disputed  points,  but  would  not  take  the  extreme 
views  of  the  Joint  Synod,  which  body  on  this  account  refused 
to  join  the  General  Council.  This  same  controversy  coming 
up  in  the  English  District  Synod  meeting  referred  to  above, 
brought  about  a  division  in  the  Synod, 

Twenty  members  adhered  to  the  position  taken  by  the  Gen- 
eral Council,  while  sixteen  disagreed.  The  sixteen  disaffected 
ministers  left  the  meeting  to  hold  their  sessions  elsewhere. 

Shortly  after  this,  dissension  was  also  thrust  upon  the  Circle- 
ville  congregation  in  an  unwarranted  and  very  irregular  manner 
by  a  conference  held  by  a  number  of  ministers  (composing  the 
Columbus  Conference)  in  the  church  at  Circleville.  The  pas- 
tor loci,  Mr.  Lenker,  and  a  minority  of  the  Church  Council 
were  aware,  of  the  contemplated  conference  and  probably 
invited  them  ;  the  balance  of  the  Church  Council  and  a  major- 
ity were  not  aware  of  it,  and  hearing  of  the  proposed  meeting 
issued  a  protest  against  the  irregular  manner  of  meeting  here 
and  requested  the  conference  to  refrain  from  any  and  every 
effort  to  take  the  congregation  out  of  their  connection  with  the 
English  District  Synod.  This  was  found  to  be  the  very  object 
of  their  meeting  and  resulted  consequently  in  a  hopeless 
division  of  the  congregation.  The  older  members  of  the  con- 
gregation could  not  conscientiously  remain  in  connection  and 
gradually  withdrew,  the  congregation  thereby  losing  consider- 


:.-!e  support.* 


WITTICH    GENEALOGY. 

The  children  of  Immanuel  Frederick  and  Maria  Catharine 
(Wolfer)  Wittich  were: 

i.    Christiana  Fredkricka  Wittich,  b.  July  13, 1803,  d.  May  30, 1817. 

ii.    Ferdinand  Frideiucii  Wittich,  b.  Dec.  26,  1805,  d.  Mar.  2,  1861  ; 

N     m.  (1)  Catharine  Herzog,  May  16,  1841,  who  d.  Oct.  2,  1855, 

a^ed  39  y.  2  m.  6  d.  ;   m.  (2)  Mary  Hunter,  June,  1856,  who  d. 

l\ov.  11,  1861,  aged  36  y.     Children  of  first  marriage: 

I.    Amelia  Maria  Wittich,  b.  Mar.  31,  184;?:  m.  F.  F.  Wing,  Dublin,  0. 
II.    George  Emmanuel  Wittk'H,  b.  May  20,  1845:  m.  (1)  Kate  Blake,  Cir- 
cleville: m.  12)  Mary  Beryl  Smith,  July  13.  1901.    Children  of  first 
marriage : 

1.  Roderick  Wittich Tm.  Stella  Alkire,  Mt.  Sterling,  O. 

2.  Grace  Wittich  ;  in. Stocking,  Kansas  City. 

3.  Em  m  a  n  I'll  Wittich. 
Children  of  second  marriage: 

III.  Flora  BERTHA  Wittich,  b.  May,  1857;  m.  Louis  Fisher. 

IV.  William  Amos  Wittich,  b.  April,  1S59,  d.  1873. 

V.    Stella  Gates  Wittich,  b.  June,  1801,  d.  Aug.,  18C1. 


•  See  special  book  in  manuscript,  •'One  Hundred  Years'  History  of  the  Evangelical 
Lutheran  church  in  Circleville,  Ohio,"  by  G.  F.  VV. 


140  Autobiography  of  G.  F.   Witlich.  [April 


iii.    Christian  Ludwig  Wittich,  b.  Sept.  18,  1S07,  d.  of  scarlet  fever 

May  30,  1812. 
iv.    Sophia  Louisa  Wittich,  b.  Sept.  23,  1810,  d.  Oct.  10,  188S;   ra. 

Christian  G.  Hartmeyer  in  1831,  who  d.  in  1873.     Children: 
I.    Charles  Fb.  Hartmeyer,  d.  May  25, 1894 ;  m.  Anna  Simons.   Children  ■ 

1.  Emma  Hartmeyer;  m.  G.  A.  Schleyer;  d.  Sept.  8,  1881.    Had 

one  son,  Paul  Schleyer. 

2.  Ella  Hartmeyer;  m.  G.  A.  Schleyer. 

II.    Mary  Hartmeyer;  m.  Jacob  Madcr.    Children: 

1.  Josia  Mader.  3.    Emma  Mader. 

2.  Laura  Maker.  4.    Mamie  Mader. 
III.    Gottlieb  Hartmeyer. 

v.     Augusta  Sarah  Wittich,  b.  Aug.  10,  1813,  d.  Aug.  1,  1815. 
vi.     Frederick  Wilhelm  "Wittich,  b.  Dec.  1,  1816,  d.  Aug.  15,  1817. 
vii.     Gottlieb  Fridericii  Wittich,  b.  Nov.  28,   1819;    m.   Henrietta 
Keffer,  Oct.  4,  1842.     She  was  b.  Sept.  5, 1813,  d.  Oct.  23,  1S7l\ 
Children : 

I.    Aleert  Theodore  Wittich.  b.  Nov.  29,  1843 ;  m.  (1)  Amanda  M.  Shalt/, 

Miamisburg,  who  d.  at  Miamisburg  Nov.  4,  1902;  m.  (2)  Miss  Rose 

Hish,  Dec.  21, 1901.    One  son  : 

1.    Harley  Shultz  Wittich,  son  of  Albert  T.  and  Amanda  M. 

(Shultz)  Wittich,  b.  in  Miamisburg,  O.,  April  30, 1865,  d.  at 

his  borne  Jan.  4.  I8SS. 

Harley  attended  the  Sunday  School  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  in   Miamisburg  under  the  pastorate  of 
Rev.  F   M.  Clemens.    Ho  proved  to  tic  a  great  worker  in  the 
church  and  diligently  pursued  Biblical  study.    He  accepted 
a  position  in  the  bank  at  Miamisburg.  which  he  held  for  a 
while.    In  course  of  time  he  expressed  his  desire  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  ministry.    lie  continued  his  studies  and  aft*  r 
being  examined  was  licensed  to  preach.     H  was  assigned  t<> 
a  circuit  of  the  New  Paris,  O.,  District,  comprising  Hollands- 
burg  and  New  Madison,  O.,  his  colleague  being  Rev.  C.  i». 
Munsey.    He  labored  for  some  time  with  great  success,  but 
his  health  began  to  fail  and  he  was  compelled  to  give  up  his 
work  and  return  home.     In  December,  18V7,  he  was  stricken 
■with  typhoid  fever,  which  ended  his  pure  young  life. 
II.    Melamchthon  Wittich.  b.  Oct.  7,  1845,  d.  Dec  27,  1900;  ra.  Julia  Horn 
April  25, 1867.    Served  in  Co.  I,  Second  Ohio  Heavy  Artillery.    One 
daughter: 
1.    Helen  Wittich,  b.  in  Circleville,  July  1,  1883.     She  received 
her  education  in  the  Circleville  Public  Schools,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  High  School  June  5,  1003. 

III.  Theophtlus  Keffer  Wittich.  b.  May  3, 1847;  m.  Lizzie  Cook,  Dec.  £>, 

1878.    One  daughter,  Ethel  Wittich,  b.  in  San  Erancisco,  Cab,  Oct.  '■ . 
1886,  d.  Oct.  13,  IS^G. 

IV.  Clara  Wittich,  b.  July  15,  1819,  d.  Sept.  21, 1S50. 

V.  Rose  Cornelia  Wittich,  b.  June  20, 1S51 ;  m.  S.  E.  Gamble,  July  24. 18*8. 
VI.  Willis  Wittich.  b.  Feb.  21,  1853;  m.  Lillian  Mcarns,  Dec  27.  1870.  at 
Highland  Falls,  N.  Y.  In  March,  1870,  the  Hon.  Philadelpb  Van 
Trump,  of  Lancaster.  Ohio,  Representative  in  Congress,  recom- 
mended Willis  for  the  appointment  to  a  cadetship  at  West  PoinJ 
Military  Academy,  which  was  granted  and  lie  reported  in  June 
Oct.  1,  1*874,  entered  regular  service  as  Second  Lieutenant  at  Fort 
Klamath,  Ore.  Dec.  5.  1878.  at  Walla  Walla.  Wash.  T.,  constructing 
telegraph  line..  Aug.  7,  1870,  at  Fort  Townsend,  Wash.  T.:  promo'  '■ 
to  First  Lieutenant.  Sept.  1,  1882,  at  Fort  Canbv.  Wash.  T.  Oct.  -" 
1883,  at  Fort  Townsend.  Wash.  T.  July  26.  18S4,  at  Fort  Fred  Ste  • 
Wvo.  Ang.  6,  1886,  at  Fort  Du  CheMie",  Utah;  was  appointed  !;•■-'•- 
mental  Adjutant,  July  10,  l.SS^.  Oct.  11,  1889,  at  Fort  Sidney.  Si«t». 
July  18,  1300,  at  Fort  Douglas,  Utah,  promoted  to  Captain.  Attg.  ;  • 
16(51,  at  Fort  Randall,  S.  Dak.  Oct.  3,  1892,  at  Cincinnati,  O..  "i 
recruiting  service.  Oct.  6,  1891,  at  l'lattsburg  Barracks,  N.  Y.  June 
14,  189S,  sailed  from  Tampa.  Fla..  for  Cuba.  July  3.  1898,  battle  -^ 
Santiago.  21st  Reg-;  6  killed,  33  wounded.  Aug.  12,  1898,  returned  '" 
Plattsburg,  N.  V.  :  promoted  to  Major.  July  14.  1899.  ordered^  t<- 
Manila,  sailed  with  675  recruits  under  his  command  :  ship  struck 
reef  near  Inoshima  Island,  Japan,  in  the  night,  Sept.  3 ;  all  saved 
ship  slipped  off  into  deep  water  in  the  afternoon  and  sank.  Sep'  ' ! 
1809,  arrived  at  Manila.  June  13.  19C0,  took  sick  and  was  sent  1" 
hospital,  San  Francisco.  Sept.  15.  l'.ioo,  was  sent  to  hospital.  Fort 
Adams,  R.  I.  May  .">,  1902,  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel.  •N"'1 
28,  1902,  having  been  disabled  in  line  of  duty,  was  retired. 


tr~ 


1906.]  Autobiography  of  G.  F.  Wittich.  141 


VII.    Ella  Wittich,  b.  Jan.  16, 1855;  m.  Edgar  Alexander  Mearns,  Dec.  14  r 
18S1.    Children: 

1.  Lillian  Mearns,  b.  at  Highland  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  29,  1882. 
In  1883  her  father  made  application  for  appointment  as 

eurgeon  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  after  being  examined  by  the 
medical  board  in  New  York  received  the  appointment  und 
was  assigned  to  Fort  Verde,  Arizona.  He  with  wife  and 
Lillian  remained  at  Fort  Verde  for  four  years.  He  was 
assigned  to  the  following  military  posts  successively  :  Fort 
Snelling,  Minn.,  four  years:  Fort  Clark.  Tex.,  until  1892, 
when  he  was  ordered  to  accompany  Col.  Barlow,  who  had 
been  appointed  to  survey  and  establish  a  correct  boundary 
line  between  the  United  States  and  Mexico  with  the  assist- 
ance of  United  States  and  Mexican  engineers,  finishing  the 
work  in  1896.  During  this  time  Lillian  lived  with  her  moth- 
er and  brother  Louis  in  Circleville  and  attended  the  Public 
School,  then  lived  with  her  parents  at  Fort  Myer,  near  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  then  for  three  years  at  Fort  Adams,  near  New- 
.  port,  R.  I.  In  1901  site  took  a  course  of  study  for  one  year  at 
Miss  Baird's  Institute,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  remaining  one  year  ; 
then  in  April,  1902,  the  doctor  was  ordered  to  Yellowstone 
Park,  where  the  family  followed.  In  December,  1902,  he  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Snelling,  Minn.  In  March,  1903,  he  was 
ordered  to  the  Philippine  Islands  and  sailed  from  San  Fran- 
eisco  July  1.    The  family  then  came  to  Circleville,  O. 

2.  Louis  dk  Zeraga  Mearns,  b.  at  Fort  Verde,  Arizona,  Nov.  5, 
1S86.  He  received  a  part  of  his  schooling  in  the  Junior 
Grammar  School  in  Circleville  in  1894-95,  then  four  years  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  then  from  1899  to  1902  in  the  Grammar 
and  High  School  at  Newport,  It.  I.  He  with  the  family  was 
taken  to  Fort  Yellowstone.  During  part  of  the  summer  of 
1902  he  joined  a  party  of  U.  S.  engineers,  assisting  in  some 
preliminary  surveying  in  the  Park.  In  October,  1902.  he 
entered  a  "college  "in  Bozeroan,  Montana.  The  doctor  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Snelling,  Minn.,  in  December  and  Louis 
joined  them  expecting  to  continue  his  studies  near  St.  Paul, 
Minn.  When  the  doctor  was  ordered  to  the  Philippine 
Islands  in  March,  1903.  and  left  Fort  Snelling  in  June,  Louis 
came  with  his  mother  and  sister  to  Circleville,  where  he 
entered  the  third  year  of  High  School  in  September. 

VIII.    Edward  Wittich,  b.  Feb.  10, 1S57  :  m.  Lois  Jones,  April,  1882.  Children: 

1.  Frederick  Wittich,  b.  in  Circleville,  Mar.  '28.  1887. 

2.  Loving  Wittich,  b.  in  Circleville,  April  28,  1892. 
IX.    Frank  VYittich,  b.  Oct.  8, 1859. 


WOLFER    FAMILY    RECORD. 

Ludwig  Wolfer,  b.  1724,  d.  1775.     His  son  : 

Johannes  Wolfer,  schoolteacher  in  Ebingen,  Wurtemburg  ; 
b.  1754,  d.  1827  ;  m.  Catharina  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sigmund 
Hoeckle,  Clerk  of  Court  in  Ebingen.  She  d.  in  1802,  aged  52 
years.     Children  : 

i.     Sarah  Wolfer,  b.  April  3, 1780,  d.  July  1G,  1873  ;  m.  J.  M.  Maurer 
(weaver),  in  Ebingen,  Yvnrtemberg.     Children  : 

I.    Johannes  Maurer,  b.  1807  ;  lived  near  Paris,  111. ;  was  killed  by  a  bur- 
glar; a^ed71;  married. 
II.    Sarah  Maurer,  b.  1811,  d.  1841 ;  m.  A.  Keller,  Morrow,  O.    One  child. 

III.  Christina  Maurer.  b.  1816,  d.  Sept.  2G.  1S9:>;  m.  (l)  J.  G.  Juppenlaz. 

Their  only  son,  George,  <I.  i7i  his  SJth  year.    She  m.  (2)  in  Circleville, 
Justus  Youngharrs,  now  living  in  Des  Moines,  la. 

IV.  Catharina  Barbara  Maurer,  b.  Nov.  27,  1819,  d.  1872;  m.  August 

Kusterer,  d.  about  1S90,    They  left  live  children  living  in  and  near 
Lancaster,  O. 
V.    Johann  Friderich  Maurer,  b.  1822;  m.  Miss  Geycr.    Eight  children. 
ii.    Maria  Catharina  Wolfer,  b.  Dec.  15,  1782,  d.  Feb.  9,  1842 ;  m. 

Immanuel  F.  Wittich,  Nov.  28,  1802. 
iii.    Jacob  Friderich  Wolfeu,  b.  1787,  d.  June,  1822;   m.  Maria  Bar- 
bara Karr  in  1S12.     No  children. 


142  Autobiography  of  G.  F.  Witlich.  [April, 


KEFFER    FAMILY   RECORD. 

Jacob  Keffer,  b.  June  20,  1734,  in  Zeselberg,  Germany,  d. 
1761;  m.  Anna  Maria  Nass,  b.  June  3,  1744,  d.  July  11,  1817. 
Children  : 

i.    Jacob  Keffer,  b.  in  Germany,  June  25,  1763,  d.  Nov.  23,  1851,  in 
Vaughn  Tp.,  Ontario,  Canada.     Children: 

I.  Adam  Kekfek.  d.  Feb.  1,  1874,  aged  83  years. 

II.  Peter  Keffer,  d. 

III.  Jonathan  Keffer,  d.  June  16, 1871,  aged  76  years. 

IV.  Henry  Keffer,  d. 

V.    — —  Keffer.  a  daughter. 

ii.     Michael  Keffer,  b.  in  Germany,  Jan.  26,  1766,  d.  July  7,  1852,  in 
Vaughn  Tp.,  Ontario,  Canada.     Children: 

I.    Michael  Keffer,  d.  in  Canada,    Eight  children. 
II.    Valentine  Keffer,  Canada.1   Nine  children. 
III.    William  Keffer,  Canada.    Six  girls,  two  boys. 

iii.    Valentine  Keffer,  b.  Oct.  6, 1777,  near  Berlin,  Pa.,  d.  in  Circle- 
ville,  Mar.  9,  1852.     Children : 

I,    Mary  Keffer.  d.  aged  i>8  years  ;  m.  Thomas  Pedrick. 
II.    Catharine  Keffer;  ra.  D.  Work,  Lancaster. 

III.  Eleanor  Keffer;  m.  Levi  Pedrick. 

IV.  Susan  Keffer;  m.  Joseph  "Work,  Lancaster. 
V.    Judith  Keffer  :  m.  Michael  Strayer. 

VI.    Elizabeth  Keffer,  d.  aged  47  years ;  m.  Abraham  Gephart. 
VII.    Henrietta  Keffer,  b.  Sept.  5, 1813,  d.  Oct.  23, 1872;  m.  G.  F.  Wittich. 

iv.    Anna  Elzabetii  Keffer  ;  m.  in  Pennsylvania,  William  Huber,  and 
d.  in  1S45  near  Adelphi,  Ross  Co.,  O.,  aged  65  years.     Children : 
I.    Valentine  Huber,  Thorntown,  Ind. 
II.    Mary  Huber,  Circleville  ;  m.  J.  Kashner. 

ZIEGER    FAMILY    RECORD. 

Jacob  Zieger,  b.  Jan.  1G,  1740,  d.  1826.  On  Sept.  23,  1700, 
he  m.  (1)  Mrs.  Judith  Sauer  (Sowers),  nee  Hain  or  Hahn,  b. 
Oct.  12,  1743,  whose  first  husband  was  John  Sauer,  Brownsville, 
Pa.  Their  two  sons  were  (1)  John  Sauer,  b.  Sept.  1,  1760,  who 
had  one  son,  William,  b.  Nov.  25,  1800  ;  (2)  Michael  Sauer,  b. 
Oct.  9,  1762,  who  had  one  daughter  who  m.  J.  Miller,  Browns- 
ville. John  Sauer,  Sr.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
and  died  in  the  service.     Jacob  Zieger  m.  (2)  Judith  Nass. 

Children  of  Jacob  and  Judith  (Nass)  Zieger  : 

i.    Philipp  Jacob  Zieger,  b.  July  24,  1767  ;  m.  Mary  Easter  (Oster). 
ii.     Catharina  Zieger,  b.  Nov.  17,  176S,  d.  July  15,  1841;  m.  Valen- 
tine Keffer. 
iii.     Barbara  Zieger,  b.  July  2I>,  1772  ;  m.  George  Zimmer;  d.  1851. 
iv.    Judith  Zieger,  b.  Sept.  22,  1774;  m.  Samuel  Watt. 
v.     Jacob  Zieger,  b.   Mar.   10,  1776;  m.  Susanna  Easter  (Oster);  d. 

1832,  aged  57  years. 
vi.     Philipp  Zieger,  b.  May  29,  1778, ;  m.  late  in  life;  d.  in  1850.    Left 

one  child,  Maty  Zieger,  who  in. Rudy. 

vii.     Frjdkrich  Zieger,  1).  June  4, 17S4. 

viii.     Margaretiia  Zieger,  b.  Feb.  25,  17S7 ;  in.  John  Valentine ;  d.  in 
182(5.    Children : 

I.  Jacob  Z.  Valentine;  m.  Mrs.  Young. 

It.  Lydia  Valentine;  m.  Solomon  Valentine. 

III.  Eliza  Valentine;  m.  Solomon  Valentine. 

iv.  Israel  Valentine ;  num. 

V.  Samuel  Valentine ;  in.  Miss  YounS. 

VI.  John  Valentine;  unm. 

Vll.  Ellen  Valentine;  in.  S.  Sax  ton. 

VIII.  Sauaii  Valentine;  m.  Eli  Stout. 


Lewis  Heyl 


ESTHER  INSTITUTE. 

Contributed  by  Mrs.  A.  K.  Pearcb. 

THE  building  now  known  as  Trinity  Parish  House  was 
originally  and  for  many  years  the  leading  female  semi- 
nary in  Columbus,  Ohio.  Its  founder  was  the  late 
Lewis  Heyl,  of  this  city.  The  school  was  first  opened  on  Rich 
street  in  October,  1852,  with  twenty-one  pupils  and  Miss  Agnes 
Ward  Beecher  as  Principal.  In  the  following  year  Mr.  Heyl, 
by  untiring  energy  and  indomitable  perseverance,  erected  a 
large  and  commodious  building  on  Broad  between  Third  and 
Fourth  streets,  and  wishing  it  to  be  a  memorial  to  his  mother, 
to  whom  he  was  most  tenderly  attached  and  whom  he  sincerely 
admired,  called  it  Esther  Institute.* 

Wishing  the  school  to  be  the  best  of  its  kind,  Mr.  Heyl  went 
East  and  visited  all  the  most  noted  schools  for  girls.  The 
instructors  from  the  beginning  of  the  school  to  its  close  in 
1S61  were  noted  for  their  dignity  of  character,  refinement  and 
broad  scholarly  culture. 
The  title  page  of  the  first  catalogue  reads  as  follows  : 

ESTHER  INSTITUTE 

LATE 

COLUMBUS  FEMALE  SEMINARY 
CATALOGUE 

OF  THE 

INSTRUCTORS  AND  PUPILS 

FOR  THE 

First  and  Second  Academic  Years 
October  4,  1852,  to  June  27,  1854 

Lewis  Heyl,  Principal  and  Proprietor 

[Here  a  picture  of  Capitol.] 
COLUMBUS:  1854 

The  list  of  teachers  was : 

Lewis  Heyl,  Miss  Agnes  TV.  Beecher,  Principals;  Miss  Margaret  A. 
Bailey.  Mathematics;  Miss  Lavinia' Sehnebly,  Primary  Department;  Prof. 
T.  G.  Worinley,  M.  D.,  Lecturer  on  Chemistry,  etc.  ;  Prof.  A.  Witle,  Modern 
Languages;  Prof.  C.  Minster,  Instrumental  Music;  Mrs.  "Mary  W.  Conard, 
drawing  and  Painting;  Mr.  E.  Dryer,  Vocal  Music.  Miss  Hannah  E. 
1'owtll,  Matron. 

*The  name  Esther  signifying  a  star,  and  the  (lower,  the  "  Star  of  Bethlehem,"  Mas 
nlways  to  be  found  in  season  in  profusion  in  the  delightful  grounds  surrounding  the 
■«  liool.  These  grounds  were  also  provided  with  rotary  aud  other  swings  for  the  pleasure 
'»*  the  pupils.  A  boarding  pupil  recalls  the  great  bountifulriess  of  the  delicious  talile  pro- 
•  i'led  by  Mrs.  Heyl  and  the  tender  ministrations  of  herself  and  Mrs  Arabella  Heyi  during 
illness. 

143 


144  Esther  Institute.  [April, 

In  later  years,  Miss  Mary  Allen  (Mrs.  Joseph  SulHvant,  Jr.),  Miss  Emiiv 
Cutler,  Mrs.  Harriet  Sollace,  Miss  Bailey  (Mrs.  Prof.  Townshend),  Mi-- 
Jaseh  E.  Haiyhl,  Miss  Dora  Schnebly,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Heyl,  Prof.  Maurice  Mot, 
were  teachers. 


The  average  number  of  pupils  during  the  nine  years  of  the 
existence  of  the  school  was  one  hundred  and  sixty,  of  whom 
one-third  were  non-residents.  To  them  as  well  as  the  resident 
pupils  the  school  was  a  home  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word — 
of  all  gentle,  noble  and  refining  influences  and  surroundings. 
The  mental  and  moral  influence  extended  by  Mr.  Heyl  and  his 
noble  wife  did  not  die  out  with  the  close  of  the  school  life  or 
their  pupils  but  made  itself  felt  in  all  their  after  career.  The 
only  reason  that  the  school  could  not  continue  was  that  it 
never  was  profitable  financially,  or  even  self-sustaining,  and  it 
had  exhausted  Mr.  Heyl's  resources.  His  ambition  to  have 
the  best  of  everything  that  went  to  the  equipment  of  an  ideal 
school  was  stronger  than  any  personal  desire  to  profit  by  the 
undertaking,  and  as  the  seminary  had  no  endowment  it 
reached  its  natural  limit  when  private  resources  failed. 

After  the  close  of  the  school  Mr.  Heyl  lived  in  Washington 
and  Philadelphia,  and  died  in  the  latter  city  January  8,  1895. 
A  meeting  of  the  pupils  residing  in  Columbus  was  held  shortly 
after  this  and  resolutions  of  affection  and  sympathy  drawn  up 
by  Mrs.  Flora  D.  Brent,  Mrs.  Anna  K/Pearce  and  Mrs.  Agnes 
Gill  Jordan,  which  were  sent  ,to  the  family  of  Mr.  Heyl.  Of 
this  family,  seven  sons  and  one  daughter  are  still  living. 

The  following  sketch  of  Mr.  Heyl's  family  antecedents  and 
his  own  later  life  will  be  of  interest  to  his  many  friends  still 
living  in  Ohio  : 

Mr.  Lewis  Heyl's  grandfather,  Christian  K.  Heyl,  came  to 
Columbus  from  Baltimore  in  1818,  having  come  to  America 
with  his  parents'  family  in  1800.  Christian  Heyl  began  busi- 
ness as  a  baker  at  the  northeast  corner  of  High  street  and 
Cherry  alley,  and  on  the  same  ground  he  built  in  1824  the 
Franklin  House,  a  portion  of  which  is  still  standing.  This  for 
many  years  was  the  chief  hotel  of  Columbus,  and  it  was  there 
that  Mr.  Lewis  Heyl  and  his  five  brothers,  John  K.,  George  W., 
Charles  and  Henry  Clay,  were  born. 

Lewis,  the  eldest,  was  born  April  8,  1815.  His  education  was 
mainly  gained  in  the  Lutheran  Theological  Seminary  then 
located  on  South  High  street,  several  squares  below  the  Court 
House.     The  property  was  later,  about  1S50,  sold  to  Mr.  Peter 


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1996.1  Esther  Institute.  145 

Hayden,  and  the  seminary  was  merged  with  the  new  Capital 
University  in  Columbus  adjoining  Goodale  Park,  later  removed 
to  East  Main  street,  where  it  still  is. 

Mr.  Lewis  Heyl  studied  law  under  Judge  Gustavus  Swan  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  about  1839.  He  then  went  to  Canton, 
Ohio,  where  he  married  Miss  Maria  Linn.  A  year  later  he 
returned  to  Columbus  to  accept  the  office  of  Clerk  of  the  Courts, 
to  which  position  he  had  been  appointed  by  Judge  Joseph  Swan. 
This  office  and  that  of  Prosecuting  Attorney  he  held  till  about 
the  time  he  opened  Esther  Institute  in  1852. 

Mr.  Heyl's  education  embraced  a  thorough  course  in  German, 
so  that  he  was  able  to  speak  the  language  fluently,  and  this  was 
of  considerable  advantage  to  him  in  his  profession  as  well  as 
his  Sunday  School,  and  also  in  making  political  addresses  in 
the  interest  of  the  Whig  party.  Mr.  Heyl's  grandfather  was 
for  many  years  Associate  Judge  of  the  Courts  during  the  time 
that  Mr.  Lewis  Heyl  was  Clerk  and  Prosecuting  Attorney,  and 
he  (with  Mr.  Sumner  Stone,  Jr.,  who  moved  later  to  New  York) 
gave  to  the  city  the  plot  of  ground  at  High  and  Mound  streets 
upon  which  the  Court  House  was  built  and  where  it  now  stands. 
Mr.  Heyl  was  a  very  active  worker  in  the  Lutheran  Church  and 
its  institutions,  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  establish- 
ment of  Capita).  University.  A  son  of  Mr.  Heyl  remembers 
going  with  him  and  the  President  of  the  University,  Dr.  William 
Reynolds,  to  break  the  ground  therefor,  by  digging  a  few 
spadefuls  of  earth.  His  early  home  was  on  High  street  on 
ground  now  occupied  by  the  Great  Southern  Hotel,  removing 
thence  to  the  Greenwood  House  on  the  west  side  of  the  street, 
remaining  there  till  going  to  the  Institute  in  1852. 

In  the  early  days  of  Columbus  Mr.  Heyl  was  prominently 
active  in  matters  religious,  educational  and  political. 

Mr.  Heyl  relinquished  the  profession  of  the  law  for  the  more 
congenial  one  of  instruction,  to  which  he  gave  ten  of  the  best 
years  of  his  life,  as  Principal  of  Esther  Institute.  After  the 
closing  of  the  school  he  was  called  to  a  position  in  the  Treasury 
Department  at  Washington  by  the  then  Secretary,  Hon.  Salmon 
P.  Chase,  in  which  branch  of  the  public  service  he  continued 
till  his  retirement  a  few  years  before  his  death,  which  occurred 
January  8,  1895,  near  his  80th  birthday. 

Throughout  his  connection  with  the  Treasury  Department 
he  was  employed  on  work  for  which  his  legal  training  espe- 


146                                      Esther  Institute.                                  [April, 

cially  qualified  him,  and  his  family  have  the  best  evidence  in 

the  form  of  many  autograph  letters  from  men  of  honorable 

memory  that  his  work  was  most  valuable  and  highly  appre- 

ciated. 

Having  such  friends  who  sympathized  with  him  when  he 

met.  with  the  disappointment  of  the  closing  of  the  school,  and 

the  grief  that  weighed  upon  him  by  reason  of  the  death  of  his 

oldest  son,  Mr.  Heyl's  last  years  were  not  without  the  comforts 

of  the  approval  accorded  him,  and  the  personal  satisfaction  of 

having  spent  his  life  in  only  most  honorable  and  useful  pursuits. 

ESTHER  INSTITUTE— GRADUATES. 

1857. 

Pupils.                              Parents  and  Guardians.                Residence.               Rec'd. 

j 

Abbott,  Martha J.  S.  Abbott Columbus 1852 

1 

Mrs.  James  Neil. 

Gill,  Annie  E J.  L.  Gill Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  T.  G.  Wormley. 

Meyers,  Kate  N John  Noble Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  E.  L.  Taylor. 

Snowden,  Maria  J P.  T.  Snowden Columbus 1S52 

Mrs.  Albert  Greenleaf. 

1858. 

Boerstler,  Emma  J Dr.  G.  W.  Boerstler Lancaster 1857 

Brasee,  Clara  A Hon.  J.  T.  Brasee Lancaster 1S57 

Mrs.  Dr.  Hainil. 

Caflee,  Ida  M Mrs.  N.  M.  Caffee. .....  Lancaster 1857 

Dangler,  Celia  S Q.  B.  Dangler. Maesillon 1856 

Piatt,  Laura  A Wm.  A.  Piatt Columbus 1852 

Mrs.  John  G.  Mitchell. 

Smith,  Celia  A J.  M.  Smith London 1855 

Mrs.  Frederick  E.  Fay. 

AVinchester,  Alta P.  Winchester E.  Rockport 1852 

1859. 

Fay,  Etta  B Cyrus  Fay Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Charles  Mackay. 

Follett,  Kate Hon.  O.  Follett Sandusky 1857 

Mrs.  Flamen  Ball. 

Merry,  Emily  H H.  F.  Merry Sandusky 1858 

Stone,  Julia  E Dwight  Stone Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Henry  M.  Neil. 

(1859-60) 

Pupils  During  the  Eighth  Academic  Year. 

COLLEGIATE    DEPARTMENT. 

Past  Graduates. 

Smith,  Celia  A Mrs.  J.  M.  Smith London 1855 

Stonebraker,  Mary  J. . . .  Samuel  Stonebraker. . . .  Baltimore I8t>0 

Stone,  Julia  E Dwight  Stone Columbns 18&) 

Wormley,  Mrs.  T.  G . . .    J.  L.  Gill Columbus 185J 

I<K)5.]  Esther  Institute.  147 

Senior  or  Fourth  Year. 
Pupils.                                Parents  and  Guardians.                Residence.  Rec'd. 

Hrasee,  Alice Hon.  T.  J.  Brasee Lancaster 1S59 

Mrs.  Theo.  Tallmadge. 
Chrisman,  Sarah  E Jacob  Chrisman London 1856 

Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Neil. 

Cowles,  Marv  E Mrs.  M.  E.  Stewart Farmington,  Conn.    1858 

Hurd,  Etta  E Hon.  R.  C.  Hurd Mt.  Vernon 1S58 

Mrs.  John  Delano. 
Jones,  Mary  E John  Jones Columbus 1852 

Mrs. Bishop. 

Kelton,  Anna  S F.  C.  Kelton Columbus 1852 

Mrs.  H.  F.  Pearce. 
Kilbourne,  Alice  F L.  Kilbourne Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Jos.  D.  Potter. 

<  ^boune,  Anna Wm.  Osboune Waterville,  N.  Y. . .    1860 

Smith,  Sarah  L Rev.  J.  D.  Smith Columbus 1859 

Mrs.  Gordon  Moodie. 

Taylor,  Mary  C David  Taylor Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Thomas  Hibben. 

Junior  or  Third  Year. 

Augsperger,  Anna  E.  L. .  Mrs.  E.  Augsperger Tiffin 1859 

lUukland,  Anna  H Hon.  R.  P.  Buckland. . .  Fremont 185S 

i Vnnison,  Elizabeth Gov.  Wm.  Dennicon Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  J.  D.  Forsythe. 

Galloway,  Mary Hon.  Sam'l  Galloway. . .  Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Charles  Osborn. 

Helsel,  Elizabeth J.  Rohr Hamilton  Tp 1856 

Neville,  Caroline  M Mrs.  C.  Neville Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  K.  S.  Strong. 

Pimly,  Jeannette  W James  Purdy Mansfield 1860 

Smith,  Elizabeth Dr.  S.  M.  Smith Columbus 1852 

Mrs.  James  M.  Comly. 

Taylor,  Mary  L Hon.  R.  W.  Taylor Columbus 1860 

Second  Year. 

Andrews,  Eliza Dr.  John  Andrews Columbus 1855 

Mrs.  George  Bassett. 

Flanders,  Rachel J.  M.  Flanders Harrisburgh 1859 

Furman,  Julia Rev.  G.  W.  Drees New  York 1857 

Groat,  Harriet  A D.  B.  Groat Columbus 1857 

Kelsey,  Amelia  E Wm.  Kelsey Columbus 1852 

Mrs.  Henry  Lanman. 

Kudisill,  Sarah Mrs.  H.  Rudisill Fort  Wayne 1859 

Stewart,  Colon Mathew  Stewart Columbus 1854 

Stontzenbarger,  Susan  . .  J.  Stontzenbarger Hamilton  Tp 1856 

Mrs.  C.  S.  Herr. 

First  Year. 

Acheson,  Julia Mrs.  T.  Acheson Columbus 1860 

Briggs,  Sarah J.  M.  Briggs Franklin 1859 

Brooks,  Phebe  J J.  P.  Brooks New  Way 1859 

<  liambers,  Ella V.  Chambers. Franklin 1859 

l>eshler,  Louisa D.  W.  Deshler Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  J.  MeB.  Stembel. 
Evritt,  Eliza Z.  Evritt Dublin 1858 

Mrs.  James  T.  Miller, 

r  in^rar,  Mary George  Fingar Columbus 1859 

Mrs.  Allen  Latham. 

'  »radey,  Eliza Miles  Gradey Delaware 1859 

Menypeny,  Bettie Hon.  G.  W .  Menypeny .  Columbus 1859 

«'"t!Vnberger,  Maranda. .  J.  Poffenberger Urban* 1859 

Milliard,  Mary  E Rev.  H.  Willtard Columbus 1857 

JJ  illiard,  Susan Rev.  II.  Williard Columbus I860 

Wood,  Laura  S Gen.  D.  L.  Wood Columbus 1858 


1 48  Esther  Institute,  [April 


PAINTING   AND   DRAWING   ONLY. 
Pupils.  Parents  and  Guardians.  Residence.  Rec'.f 

Benham,  Mrs.  Geo.  C. . .  Judge  Thrall Columbus 

Chase,  Nettie Gov.  S.  P.  Chase Columbus 

Mrs. Iloyt. 

Chittenden,  Charlotte  T.  A.  Chittenden Columbus 

Mrs. Woodward. 

Ford,  Nellie T.  Brotherlin Columbus 

Howard,  Bella Mrs.  Dr.  Howard Columbus 

Mrs.  Charles  Butler. 

Maris,  Erne Dr.  G.  W.  Maris Columbus 

Stone,  Louise Rev.  C.  Stone Columbus 

Swan,  Anna  F Hon.  J.  Ii.  Swan Columbus 

Mrs.  Eobert  E.  Smith. 

LANGUAGES   ONLY. 

Schueller,  Margaret  E. . .  A.  J.  Schueller 


ACADEMIC   DEPARTMENT. 

First  Division. 

Baseom,  Charlotte Hon.  Wm.  T.  Bascom  . .  Columbus 1860 

Blain,  Mary J .  T.  Blain Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  George  Gleason. 

Chittenden,  Sallie A.  Chittenden Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Robert  Lovell. 

Deshler,  Flora D.  \V.  Deshler Columbus 1854 

Mrs.  T.  L.  Brent. 

Dunn,  Anna John  G.  Dunn Lafayette 18.12 

Gill,  Keziah J.  L.  Gill Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  Percy  Bankart. 

Gill,  Agnes J.  L.  Gill Columbus Ig53 

Mrs.  Jackson  Jordan. 

Groat,  Mary, D.  B.  Groat Columbus 1857 

He vl,  Marv  C Lewis  Heyl Columbus 18.VJ 

McCullough,  Mary T.  McCullough W.  Jefferson 185«J 

Niswamrer,  Texas Dr.  N.  Gay Columbus lSr>:i 

Smith,  Fannie Prof.  S.  M*.  Smith,  M.  D.  Columbus 1S53 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Jackson. 

Stone,  Ella Dwight  Stone Columbus 1S5*J 

Towler,  Sarah Dr.  T.  S.  Towler Columbus 1^-' 

Williard,  Anna Rev.  H.  Williard Columbus 1*-V.> 

Second  Division. 
Hamilton,  Carrie J.  "VV.  Hamilton,  M.  D  . .  Columbus 185i< 

Mrs.  L.  K.  Tliacher. 

Harrison,  Katie Hon.  R.  A.  Harrison  . .  .  London IStU} 

Heyl,  Frances  E J.  K.  Hevl Columbus 1 85- 

Kline,  Lottie R,  G.  Ogden Columbus 18W» 

Piatt,  Fannie W.  xV.  Piatt Columbus V&<> 

Mrs.  E.  B  Fullerton. 

Sollace,  Fannie  P Mrs.  H.  L.  Sollace Delaware 185* 

Mrs.  P.  W.  Huntington. 

Tuther,  Emma Thos.  Tuther Columbus I860 

Mrs. Windle. 

PRIMARY   DEPARTMENT. 

First  Division. 

Amburgh,  Teresa  M S.  Amburgh Columbus 1854 

Mrs. Rosenberg. 

Andrews,  Margar.et.  .  .  .  Dr.  John  Andrews Columbus Is" 

Mrs.  Frauk  S.  Osborn. 

Aston,  Ella I.  C.  Aston Columbus 1  >;': 

Mrs.  James  Savage. 


1906.] 


Esther  Instittite. 


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Pupils.                               Parents  and  Guardians.                Residence.  Rec'd. 

Awl,  Jane Dr.  Wni.  M.  Awl Columbus 1856 

Edgar,  Agnes Robert  Edgar Columbus 185f> 

Gangewer,  Ida A.M.  Gauge  wer Columbus 185(3 

Kelton,  Ella  M F.  C.  Kelton Columbus 1852 

Mrs.  James  Watson. 

Klippart,  Josephine  ....  J.  H.  Klippart Columbus 185G 

Mat  tin,  Bella M.  Martin Columbus 1858 

Merion,  Helen N.  Merion Columbus 1853 

Neil,  Lucy Robert  E.  Neil Columbus 1853 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Williams. 

Piatt,  Amelia Wm.  A.  Piatt Columbus 1856 

Mrs.  Russell  Hastings. 

Prentiss,  Annie , W.  S.  V.  Prentiss Columbus. ...    1857 

Mrs.  Judge  Austin. 

Stone,  Anna Hon.  A.  P.  Stone Columbus ,. .  1854 

Stone,  Myra  F D wight  Stone Columbus 1854 

Sullivant,  Emma Wm.  S.  Sullivant Columbus 1854 

Mrs.  B.  F.  Brown. 

Walcutt,  Marian  N George  Walcutt Columbus 1857 

Mrs.  Edwin  Savage. 

Winner,  Harriet Hon.  J.  L.  AYinner Greenville 1860 

Wright,  Sallie Hon.  F.  M.  Wright Urbana 1855 

Second  Division. 

Andrews,  Jennie S.  W.  Andrews Columbus 1859 

Blynn,  Katie Wm.  Blynn Columbus .........  1858 

Edgar,  Ella Robert  Edgar Columbus 1859 

Gangewer,  Mary A.M.  Gangewer ;  Columbus 1858 

Hamilton,  J Dr.  Hamilton Columbus 1859 

Heyl,  E J.  K.  Heyl Columbus 1859 

Heyl,  Harry  L Lewis  Heyl Columbus 1858 

Klippart,  Clara J.  H.  Klippart Columbus 1856 

Piatt,  Rutherford  H  . . . .  W.  A.  Piatt Columbus 1859 

Sollace,  Ada Mrs.  H.  L.  Sollace Delaware 1858 

Mrs.  Edward  Coolidge. 

Stirewalt,  Minnie Mrs.  A.  E.  Stirewalt Columbus 1859 


Note. — The  following  are  names  that  do 
consulted,  a  complete  tile  not  being  available. 
the  memory  of  schoolmates : 

Annie  Eliza  Neil, 


Jane  Andrews, 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Convers. 

Amelia  Abbott, 
Mrs.  Moses  H.  Neil. 

Anna  Carter, 

Mrs.  Henry  R.  Woods. 

Kate  Chase, 

Mrs.  Wm.  Sprague. 
Julia  Gill, 


Mrs.  F.  J.  Dickman. 

Jane  M.  Neil, 

Mrs.  Theo.  Dodge. 

Esther  Ridgway, 
Mrs.  Jesse  Neville. 

Martha  L.  Taylor, 
Mrs.  Samuel  Lee. 

Mary  Cowles, 


not  appear  in  the  catalogues 
They  are  inserted  here  from 

Susan  Cowles, 
Teresa  M.  Amburg, 
Mrs.  Rosenbury. 

Marian  N.  Walcutt, 
Mrs.  Edwin  Savage. 

Ella  White, 
Frank  Merion, 
Morgan  Neville, 
John  W.  Andrews,  Jr. 


RALPH  OSBORN, 

AMONG  the  pioneers  of  Ohio,  whose  descendants  enjoy 
the  fruit  of  their  wise  and  earnest  labors,  was  Ralph 
Osborn,  who  labored    during  the    better  part  of   his 
manhood  as  a  public  servant,  and  who  left  as  a  legaey  to  his 
family  the  memory  of  a  busy  and  useful  life. 

He  was  of  the  Connecticut  Osborns,  being  descended  in 
direct  line  from  Richard  Osborn  first  mentioned  in  Colonial 
records  at  Hingham,  Mass.,  in  1635.  To  those  interested  in 
English  ancestry  the  following  notes  from  the  Baronetage  of 
England  by  Win,  Betham  (London,  1802)  may  furnish  a  basis 
for  more  extended  research. 

This  record  originates  with  Peter  Osborn  of  Purleigh,  County 
of  Essex,  1442  (20  Ken.  VI).     His  son  and  heir  was  Richard, 

who  married  Cawston,  County  of  Essex,  1471  (10  Edw. 

VI),  by  whom  he  had  two  sons  :  John,  who  left  only  a  daugh- 
ter, and  Richard,  who  located  at  Tyld  Hall,  Essex,  and  died 
1544  (35  Hen.  VIII)  leaving  two  sons,  John  and  Peter.  Peter, 
second  son  of  Richard  of  Tyld  Hall,  Essex,  born  1521  (12  Hen. 
VIII),  was  a  man  of  great  understanding  and  zealous  for  the 
reformation  of  religion  ;  he  held  an  office  in  the  Exchequer, 
and  was  keeper  of  the  privy  purse  to  Edw.  VI.  (He  was  a 
friend  of  Sir  John  Cheke,  who  died  at  his  house.)  He  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Dr.  Blyth,  the  first  public  King's  reader  of 
physic  at  Cambridge,  by  whom  he  had  eleven  sons  and  eleven 
daughters. 

The  oldest  son,  Sir  John  Osborn,  Knt.,  born  about  1552,  was 
an  officer  of  the  Exchequer  in  the  reign  of  James  I,  and  one  of 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Navy.  He  was  the  first  of  the  fam- 
ily to  settle  at  Chicksands,  County  of  Bedford,  and  died  in 
1628,  aged  76  years.  He  had  five  sons.  The  eldest,  Sir  Peter, 
continued  the  succession  ;  the  second  son,  Christopher,  died 
unmarried  ;  the  third  son,  Thomas,  is  recorded  as  having  a  son 
Richard,  and  it  is  very  probable  that  this  is  the  Richard  Osborn 
mentioned  in  "  Hotten's  Emigrants,"  who  sailed  from  England 
in  the  ship  Hopewell,  Thomas  Hale,  Master,  in  1G34,  aged  22 
years.1 


1.  Orcutt's  Stratford,  p.  108,  says  that  John  Peakc.  who  came  from  Dufheld  Parish. 
County  of  Derby,  England,  in  the  Hopewell,  C&pt.  Bundock,  Master,  in  1G35,  married  Sarah 
daughter  of  Richard  Osborn. 

150 


1 906.  ]  •  Ralph  0 shorn.  151 

Richard  Osborn  next  appears  in  Colonial  records  as  a  volun- 
teer from  Windsor,  Conn.,  in  Lieutenant  Ludlow's  company  in 
the  Pequot  War  in  1637  and  took  part  in  the  "direful  swamp 
fight."  For  his  services  in  this  war,  the  General  Court  at  Hart- 
ford on  June  4,  1639,  gave  him  eighty  acres  of  land,  which  was 
set  off  by  Judge  Peter  Burr  and  another,  in  the  town  of  Ridge- 
field.8 His  children  were  John,  Hannah,  Priscilla,  Sarah,  Mary, 
Elizabeth  and  David.  From  the  two  brothers  above  named, 
are  derived  the  Connecticut  Osborns.  John  was  father  of  the 
New  Haven  branch  and  David  of  the  Ridgefield  branch. 

Richard  Osborn  (or  "Captain,"  as  he  was  styled)  sold  all  his 
possessions  in  Ridgefield  in  1682,  and  removed  to  East  Chester, 
Westchester  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  in  1685.  There  is 
on  record  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  a  curious  tripartite  agreement 
between  Capt.  Richard  Osborn  and  a  Mrs.  Townsend,  whom  he 
married,  and  her  sons  by  a  former  marriage,  which  provides 
for  his  comfort  during  his  old  age.  In  his  will,3  he  made  his 
son  John  of  Fairfield  County,  Conn.,  and  John  Pell,  executors, 
and  leaves"  to  his  grandson  Richard,  son  of  David,  Dorman's 
Island  in  Westchester  County,  N.  Y. 

David2  Osborn  (Richard1)  married  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Philip  Pinckney,  Esq.  They  had  children  :  Abigail,  who  mar- 
ried William  Hills  of  Fairfield  ;  Sarah,  who  married,  first,  Jon- 
athan Sturges  of  Fairfield  and  afterward  Judge  Peter  Burr  ; 
and  Richard,  born  at  East  Chester,  N.  Y.,  in  October,  1676. 

Richard3  Osborn  (David-  and  Abigail  Pinckney,  Richard1) 
removed  to  Ridgefield,  Conn.,  in  1715.  The  Connecticut  Public 
Records  show  his  appointment  as  Justice  in  1716  and  yearly 
thereafter  till  1725.     He  died  in  1778,  aged  103  years.4 

Richard  Osborn  was  married  about  1699  to  Sarah .    They 

had  ten  children,  viz  ; 

i.  David  Osborn,  b.  1700;  m.  172(3,  Rachel  Keeler  ;  d.  1750,  at  Dan- 
bury,  Conn. 

ii.  Abigail  Osborn,  b.  1702;  m.  Timothy  Keeler. 

iii.  John  Osborn,  b.  May,  1704;  m.  Patience  Keeler. 

iv.  Joseph  Osborn,  b.  Sept.,  1700;  m.  Mary  Hyatt. 

~    y.  Samuel  Osborn,  b.  Nov.,  1708;  m.  Sarah  Jenkins. 

vi.  Jonathan  Osborn,  b.  Nov.,  1710;  m.  Rebecca . 

vii.  Sarah  Osborn,  b.  Dec  1712. 

viii.  KkzeivIah  Osborn,  b.  Apr.  30,  1715. 

ix.  Jekemiah  Osborn,  b.  Dec.  17,  1717;  m.  Rebecca  Osborn. 

x.  Daniel  Osborn,  b.  Oct.  20,  1710  ;  m.  Sarah  Osborn. 


'-.    See  Schenck's  Fairfield  and  History  of  Ancient  Windsor. 

3.  See  Pelletreau's  Wills  of  East  Ubester.  N.  Y. 

4.  Teller's  Ridgefield,  p.  115,  says:  "Members  of  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  Church. 
March  IT.  1712.  Richard  Osboru,  David  Osborn."  Also.  p.  -11 :  "The  pravestone  of  Mrs. 
Richard  Osborn  is  the  oldest  stone  in  the  old  burying  ground  in  Ridgefield." 


152  •  Ralph  Osborn*  [April, 

David4  Osborn  (Richard*  and  Sarah,  David?  Richard1)  mar- 
ried Rachel  Kceler  about  1726.  He  removed  in  1742  from 
Ridgefield  to  Starr's  Plain,  Danbury,  Conn.,  where  he  died  in 
1750.  His  widow  afterward  married  Lemuel  Morehouse.  His 
children  were  : 

i.    Richard  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  4,  1727,  Ridgefield,  Conn. 
ii.    David  Osborn,  b.  Sept.  25,  1729,  Ridgefield. 
iii.    Elizabeth  Osborn,  b.  Sept.  1,  1731,  Ridgefield. 
iv.     James  Osborn,  b.  Sept.  17,  1733,  Ridgefield. 
v.     Aaron  Osborn,  b.  Sept.  29,  1735,  Ridgefield. 
vi.     Moses  Osborn,  b.  Dec.  23,  1737,  Ridgefield. 
vii.     Lot  Osborn,  b.  Apr.  23,  1744,  Starrs  Plain,  Danbury. 

Lot5  Osborn  (David*  and  Rachel  Keeler,  Richard?  David? 
Richard1)  married  in  1763  at  Waterbury,  Conn.,  Thankful  Doo- 
little.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Abel  and  Thankful  (Moss)  Doo- 
little,  born  June  15,  1748.  He  was  a  member  of  Capt.  Benjamin 
Richards'  Company  in  the  Tenth  Regiment  of  Connecticut 
Militia,  commanded  by  Lieut.  Col.  Jonathan  Baldwin.  This 
command  marched  from  Waterbury,  Conn.,  Aug.  17,  1775,  and 
served  with  General  Washington  in  the  Long  Island  campaign. 
In  1778  Lot  Osborn  was  one  of  a  committee  of  nine  appointed 
by  the  town  of  Waterbury  to  provide  clothing  for  the  soldiers 
in  the  field.5 

In  1792  Lot  Osborn  removed  from  Waterbury,  Conn.,  to 
Broome  County,  N.  Y.  It  is  probable  that  the  journey  was  at 
first  only  to  Schodack,  N.  Y.,  for  Mary6  Osborn  there  married 
Dr.  Ebenezer  Ballantine,  and  there  is  a  tradition  that  she 
nursed  him  through  a  dangerous  illness.  The  final  destination 
of  the  family  was  at  Osborn  Hollow'  in  the  town  of  Windsor, 
N.  Y.,  near  Binghamton,  where  Lot  Osborn  had  a  fine  farm  on 
a  bend  of  the  Susquehanna  River,  said  to  afford  a  charming 
view.  ;  The  house  built  by  Lot  and  his  sons  is /Still  standing, 
and  in  the  orchard  can  still  be  seen  the  initials  of  the  Osborn 
boys  and  girls  cut  on  the  trees.  Lot  Osborn  died  at  Osborn 
Hollow  in  1819,  his  wife  Thankful  having  died  on  Jan.  5,  1813. 
They  had  children  : 

i.    Anna  Osborn,  b.  Oct.  1,  1705,  Waterbury,  Conn. ;  m.  Elislia  Wise, 
New  Haven,  Conn.     Children  : 

I.    Elisha.  Wise;  Living  iu  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  1896. 
II.    Betsy  Wise;  m.  Henry  M.  Gregory,  New  York  City.    Living  at  Brook- 
lyn Heights  in  189S,  aged  (JU  years,    child  : 
1.    Antoinette:  W.  Gregory,  l>.  New  York  1«44  ;  m.  Charles  Wt  st 
at  one  time  Principal  of  Rutgers  Institute,  New  York  C;\ . 


5.    See  "  Town  and  City  of  Waterbury ,"  Jo?.  Atn'erson. 


1900.]  Ralph  Osborn.  153 

ii.    Eli  Osborn,  b.  July  6,  1768,  Waterbury,  Conn.,  d.  Nov.  18,  1835. 
Osborn  No.  Hollow,  N.  Y.  (now  called  Sanitaria  Springs) ;  m. 
Oct.  1, 1792,  Parthenia  Guernsey  at  Waterbury,  Conn.   Children: 
I.    Anna  M.  Osborn.  b.  July  G,  1801.  Osborn  Hollow,  N.  Y.,  d.  Mar.  27, 
1854 ;  in.  July  1,  1822,  Jedediah  Bump.    Child : 
1.    Osborn  E.  Bump,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
II.    Betsy  Osborn.  b.  Oct.  It},  1804,  d.  June  18, 1871,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. ;  m. 
Mar.  24,  1830,  Samuel  Evarts  of  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1S04,  d. 
Mar.  16,  1873,  Osborn  So.  Hollow,  N.  Y.    Children: 

1.  Parthenia  Ann  Evarts,  b.  Apr.  57, 1831,  Binghamton,  N.  Y., 
d.  May  2, 1833. 

2.  Ellen  Antoinette  Evarts,  b.  Dec.  21,  1834,  d.  Feb.  5,  1854  ;  m.  y 
Mar.  11,  1852,  Johnson  Atwood.  Child,  Theodore  Atwood,  b.  iS 
Sept.  2, 1853.                                                                                            * 

3.  Eli  Osborn  Evarts,  b.  Sept.  5, 1838,  Osborn  So.  Hollow,  N.  Y.; 
m.  Sept.  1, 1855,  Ellen  M.  Darling.    Children: 

i.  Mary  E.  Evarts.  b.  July  20,  1857;  m.  Aug.  21,  1877, 
Albert  H.  Surdam,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Child,  Sher- 
man Evarts  Surdam,  b.  June  11, 1878  ;  m.  Mabel  Cox, 
Aug.  23,  1898. 

ii.  Antoinette  Evarts,  b.  Jan.  24,1860:  m.  Sept.  1, 1883. 
Mandel  F.  Butterfield,  Oneonta,  N.  Y.  Children  :  (1) 
Ruth  Butterfield,  b.  Aug.  21,  1893.  (2)  Mandel  Eli 
Butterfield,  b.  Apr.  23,  1900. 

iii.  Betsy  Evarts,  b.  July  29, 1866;  m.  Aug.  21, 1877,  Adam 
E.  Wilbur,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

iii.    Ezra  Osborn,  b.  Dec.  25, 1770,  Waterbury,  Conn. ;  m.  Abigail • 

y       Removed  to  Portsmouth,  O.,  about  18&2-4,  and  d.  there  about 
Jt&j  e  -  1838.    S.P.  /§f(3- 

iv.  Mary  Osborn,  b.  Jan.  22, 1773,  Waterbury,  Conn.,  d.  Sept.  29, 1823, 
at  Marion,  0.;  m.  Dec.  5,  1793,  Ebenezer  Ballantine,  M.  D.,  at 
Schodack,  N.  Y.     Children : 

I.    John  Ballantine,  b.  Dee.  17,  1794,  d.  Sept.  15, 1796. 
II.    Mary  Ballantine,  b.  Apr.  30,  1796:  m.  Rev.  Eldad  Barber,  in  Ohio,  in 
Sept.,  1831 .    Child,  Henry  Barber,  living  in  1898. 

III.  John  Ballantine,  b.  Jan.  19,  179s,  d.  Jan.  15,  1879,  Marion,  O. ;  m.  (1) 
Marietta  Bowdick,  May  30,  1822.    Children: 

1.  John  Ballantine  of  Marion.  O.,  still  living  in  1*96.    Has  chil- 
dren, John,  William  and  Frank  Ballantine,  and  two  daus. 

2.  Jane  Ann  Ballantine;  m.  Edmund  Conley,  Marion,  O.    Sev- 

eral children,  all  living  in  1S96. 
He  m.  (2)  Angelina  R.  Parks  of  Connecticut,  Sept.  7, 1831.  Children  : 

1.  Emma  Ballantine;  m. Harter. 

2.  Julia  Ballantine;  m.  E.  B.  Gager;  resides  in  Columbus,  O. 
He  m.  (3)  Mrs.  Adeline  N.  Ault,  Jan.  20, 1874.    No  children. 

IV.  Ebenezer  Ballantine,  b.  Aug.  25, 1799,  d.  July  30, 1823 ;  unm. 
V.    Osborn  Ballantine,  b.  Dec.  15,  1801,  d.  Aug.  6,  1S23;  unm. 

VI.    Anna  Thankful  Ballantine,  b.  Nov.  17.  1805;  m.  Oct.,  182S,  Isaac 
Morgeridge.    Children,  John,  Elisha,  George  and  Sarah  Morgeridge, 
and  perhaps  two  others. 
VII.    William  Gay  Ballantine,  b.  Aug.  22, 1807,  d.  Sept.  20, 1841 ;  m.  Mary 
R..  Russell.    Child: 
1.    William  Ballantine,  killed  or  died  in  service  in  an  Ohio  reg- 
iment during  the  Civil  War. 
VIII.    Elisha  Ballantine,  b.  Oct:  11.  1809,  d.  Apr.  20,  1886;  m.  in  Virginia, 
Apr.  26, 1836,  Betsy  Ann  Watkias.    Children  : 

1.  Mary  Osborn  Ballantine;  m.  Rev.  Henry  L.Brown,  Eagle, 
Wis. 

2.  Rev.  Henry  W.  Ballantine,  D.  D.;  m.  Mary  E.  Loomis  of  Con- 
necticut.   S.  P.    Living  at  Nyack,  N,  Y.,  1905. 

3.  Mildred  Ballantine,  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Anna  Thankful  Ballantine;  Principal  of  Fisk  University, 
Nashville,  Term.,  1905  ;  unm. 

6.  Euzabexh  Ballantine,  d.  unm. 
'6.    Francis  W.  Ballantine,  d.  unm. 

7.  Rev.  William  (Jay  Ballantine;  late  President  of  Oberlin  (O.) 

College,  now  living  ;  m.  Emma  Atwood  of  Wisconsin. 

Children,  Henry  W.,  Edward.  Arthur  and  Mary  Ballantine. 


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rii, 


IX.    Henry  Ballantine,  b.  Mar.  5, 1813,  d.  Nov.  9,  1865,  at  sea.  returning 
from  Ahmudnugger,  India,  where  he  had  been  a  missionary;   :. 
May  5, 1835,  Elizabeth  Darling  of  New  Hampshire.    Children : 

1.  Mary  Baxlantine,  b.  Bombay,  India.  Sept.  10, 1836;  mission 

ary  to  India  18.^6  ;  m.  Jnlv  31,  1856,  Kev.  Samuel  B.  Fairbank 
D.  D.;  d.  Jan.  15,  1878,  India.    Children: 

i.    Anna  Fairbank,  b.  Nov.  1,  1857:  m.  Rev.  Robert  M 
Woods,  Enfield,  Mass.,  Oct.  29, 1879.  Children,  Jus. an 
Bridges,  Alan  Fairbank,  Katie,  Charlotte,  Marcrnret. 
Mary  Ballantine,   Francis  Belcher,  Grace  Fairbank 
and  Dorothy  Woods. 
ii.    Katie  Fairbank,  b  Mav  8,  1859;  m.  Sholapur,  India 
18S-,  Robert  Allen  Hume,   b.  Bombay.      Children, 
Wilson,  Walter  ,Mary  and  Henry  Woods  Hume. 
iii.    Melvin  Fairbank,  b.  Mar.  7, 18(31,  d.  1865. 
iv.    Henry  Fairbank,  b.  June  "0,  1S62;   missionary  in 
India ;  m.  Sholapur,  India,  1S8-,  Ruby  Harding.  Chil- 
dren, Samuel  Bacon,  Allen  and  Ruth  Fairbank. 

v.    Grace  Fairbank,  b.  Nov.  2. 1864;  m.  1903,  Rev. , 

Springfield,  Mass. 
vi.    Edward  Fairbank,  b.  1867;  missionary  in  India;  m. 
July,  1892,  Mary  Caskey  of  Morristovvn,  N.J.    Chil. 
dren.  Adelaide,  Robert  Winthrop  and  Anna  Caskey 
Fairbank  (d.  infancy). 
vii.    John  Fairbank,  b,  1870,  d.  1870. 

viii.    Elizabeth  Fairbank,  b.  187- ;  m.  June  22, 1897,  Rev. 
William  Walter  Hastings,  Springfield,  Mass.    Chil- 
dren, Walter  and  Allen  Hastings. 
ix.    Rose  Fairbank,  b.  1S75;  medical  missionary,  Jhansi, 
India. 

x.  Mary  Darling  Fairbank,  b.  Jan.  5, 1878 ;  graduate  of 
Smith  College. 

2.  Elizabeth  Darling  Ballantine,  b.  India,  Jan.  2.  1S38;  in. 

Aug,  19,  1869,  Rev.  Charles  Harding  (2d  wife).    Children  ; 
i.    Mary  Harding,  b.  May  3, 1871. 
ii.    John  Darling  Harding,  b.  Feb.  7, 1873. 
iii.    George  Winthrop  Harding,  b.  May  14, 1875;  m.  June 
29,  1900.  Emily  Diament  Williams,  dau.  of  Rev.  Mark 
Williams.  Kalgan,  China. 

iv.    Alice  Ogden  Harding,  b. ;  graduate  of  Wellesley 

College,  1900, 
v.    Annie  Harding,  b. . 

3.  Joshua  Henry  Ballentine.  b.  Nov.  21, 1S39,  d.  Apr.  14, 1840. 

4.  Julia  Ann  Ballantine,  b.  Mar.  5, 1811,  Ahmednaerar,  India: 

m.  June  16,  1871.  Rev.  William  Greenwood,  Professor  of  Lan- 
guages, Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

5.  Jane  Osborn  Ballantine,  b.  Dec.  22, 1842,  d.  Mar.  1, 1844. 

6.  Anna  Maria  Ballantine,  b.  Dec.  16, 1S44  ;  missionary  to  India 

1870-1881:  m.  June  16,  1S70,  Rev.  Charles  Ware  Park,  who  d. 
Nov.  22, 1806.     Ch.lclren: 

i.    Charles  Edwards  Park,  b.  1S72. 

ii.  Cornelia  Park,  b.  18S-;  m.  July  10, 1900.  Ernest  Knae- 
bel,  lawyer,  Denver,  Colo.  Child,  Katharine  Knae- 
bel,  b.  May  1,  1001; 

7.  Henry  Ballantine,  b.  Nov.  18,  1847,  India;  m.  1S69,  Charlotte 

Clark  of  Northampton,  Mass.     Children: 

i.  Henry  Ballantine,  b.  India;  officer  of  Mounted  Po- 
lice; m.  Ada . 

ii.    William  Ballantine. 
iii.    Eva  Ballantine. 
iv.    Ralph  Ballantine. 
v.    Blanche  Ballantine. 

8.  William  Osborn  Ballantine,  b.  Feb.  9,  1849 :  medical  mis- 

sionary, India;  m.  (1)  Alice  Parsons.  East  Hampton,  M»k«.  ; 
in.  (2)  Josephine  JVrkin.s  of  Fitehburg,  Mass.  Children, 
Joseph,  Alice,  Benjamin,  Frederick,  .Henry  and  John  Bal- 
lantine. 

9.  John  Winthrop  Ballantine.  b.  Dec.  21.  1851,  Norwalk.  O. : 

June  17,  187S,  Maria  Tucker  of  Watertown,  Mass.  Children, 
John  Ballantine,  b.  1SS0,  d.  in  infancy;  Mary  and  Margaret 
Winthrop  Ballantine. 


1900.]  Ralph  0 shorn.  155 

v.  Abel  Osbokn,  b.  Feb.  14,  1770,  Waterbnry,  Conn.,  d.  Windsor,  N. 
Y.,  Dec.  3,  1S21;  m.  17l)S,  Betsy  Sabra  Buckley  of  Saybrook, 
Conn.,  who  d.  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  May  1,  1807,  aged  84  years. 
Children : 

I.  Henry  Lot  Osborn,  b.  Unadilla.  N.  ¥.,  Nov.  12.  1804;  m.  (1)  Mary  Ann 
Post,  Cathkill,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  6,  1825;  m.  (2)  Mary  S.  Cooper,  Sfls  Har- 
bor, L.  I.  (no  children);  d.  Pomeroy.O.,  May  12,  1S62.  Children, 
first  wife: 

1.  "William  Post  Osborn.  b.  Mar.  1. 1826.  d.  Feb.  4,  1888;  m.  Delia 
A.  Hoffman  of  Worthington,  O.    Children : 

i.    William  Hoffman  Osborn;  m.  Kate  Allen,  Middle- 
port,  O.,  Oct.  28,'.187o.    Children,  Bertha  L.,  Helen  M. 
and  Helen  Post  0>born. 
ii.    Mary  A.  Oj-born,  b.  Oct.  2, 1854,  d.  Dec.  16, 1860. 
iii.    Beulah  A.  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  14, 18o6. 
iv.    Frank  E.  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  19, 1858,  d.  Dec.  16, 1860. 
v.    Jennie  L.  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  26, 1861. 
vi.    Henry  Lot  Osborn,  b.  June  14, 1864. 

2.  Ezra  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  9,  1828,  d.  Oct.  10,  1831. 

3.  Jane  Ann  Osborn,  b.  Oct.  12,  1S30,  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Adeline  S.  Osborn,  b.  Oct.  14, 1832,  d.  Oct.  12, 1853. 

5.  Antoinette  G.  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  27, 1834. 

6.  Ezra  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  12.  1836,  d.  Dec.  23, 1856. 

7.  Hunting  C.  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  17,  ]$-3$,  d.  Sept.  15, 1845. 

8.  Ann  Eliza  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  30, 1843,  d.  Feb.  11, 1816. 
n.    Adeline  Thankful  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  18,  1808,  Unadilla,  N.  Y. :  m. 

Thomas  D.  Sleeper,  Jan.  1,  1S26,  Windsor,  N.  Y. ;   d.  Oct.  16,  18;8r 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.    Children: 

1.  Augusta  Osbokn  Sleeper,  b.  Sept.  3,  1835,  d.  June  15,  1899, 
Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

2.  Chari.es  West  Sleefer,  b.  Nov.  28, 1842,  d.  Apr.  14,  1869;  m. 
Jeannette  King.  1860.    Child,  W.  T.  Sleeper,  b.  July  19,  1865. 

III.  Jane  Anna  Osborn,  b.  July  24, 1812,  d.  July.  24, 1870,  Binghamton,  N. 
Y. ;  m.  1S39,  Milton  B.  Wheeler,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.    Children  : 

1.  Henry  Osborn  Wheeler,  b.  Mar.,  1841,  Windsor,  N.  Y .;  m,  1S67, 
Nellie  Brownell  of  Dewitt.  Iowa.  Children,  Bessie  Osborn, 
Anna  and  Milton  Wheeler. 

2.  Sheldon  Sleeper  Wheeler,  b.  Sept.  20, 1844,  Deposit,  N.  Y. 

IV.  Sabra  Betsy  Osborn,  b.  Mar.  23,  1820,  d.  Oct.  27,  1888;  m.  Ansel  H. 
Gaige,  Oct.,  1866,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.    No  children. 

Yi.  Ralph  Osbokn,  b.  Aug.  2,  1781,  VTaterbury,  Conn. ;  m.  (1)  Catha- 
rine Reniok,  had  eight  children,  and  (f)  Janet  Sterling  Denny 
Turney,  had  three  children. 

Ralph*  Osborn  (Lot*  and  Thankful  Doolittle,  David?  Rich- 
ard? David?  Richard1)  was  the  youngest  child  of  Lot  and 
Thankful  Osborn.  Of  his  youth  and  early  life  there  is  little  on 
record.  He  studied  law  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  afterward  in  the 
office  of  Judge  Leroy  of  Binghamton,  then  called  Chenango 
Point.  It  is  a  tradition  that  in  1802,  upon  his  coming  of  age, 
his  father  gave  him  an  outfit  of  a  horse,  saddle  and  bridle,  and 
that  he  rode  from  Binghamton  to  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  to  begin 
his  career  in  the  new  State.  In  1806  he  removed  to  Franklin- 
ton,  and  in  180S,  when  the  county  of  Delaware  was  organized, 
was  appointed  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  that  county. 

In  December,  1810,  he  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Ohio  Legislature  and  held  that  position 
for  five  consecutive  sessions.     In  this  position  he  gained  a  rep- 


156  Ralph  Osbom.  [April, 

utation  for  ability  of  a  high  order  and  by  his  courteons  man- 
ners made  many  friends.  During  this  time  the  sessions  of  the 
Legislature  were  held  at  Zanesville,  but  in  February,  1812,  the 
law  was  passed  fixing  the  site  of  the  Capitol  at  Columbus, 
where  in  1816  the  Legislature  convened  for  the  first  time. 

He  was  elected  Auditor  of  State  in  the  fall  of  1815  and 
assumed  the  duties  of  the  office  in  1816.  He  was  re-elected  to 
this  position  for  nine  successive  terms,  serving  the  State  with 
unusual  ability  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  constituents. 
There  is  on  record  an  account  of  a  small  rebellion  among  the 
employes  of  his  office  when  his  successor  assumed  the  duties 
of  the  position.  He  was  elected  to  the  Senate  of  the  Ohio 
Legislature  from  Franklin  and  Pickaway  Counties  in  1833  and 
was  serving  a  second  term  when  seized  with  a  violent  fever 
from  which  he  did  not  recover  and  died  at  Columbus,  Dec. 
28.  1835. 

Mr.  Osbom  was  a  sincerely  religious  man.  He  was  an  Elder 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  (Dr.  Hoge's)  for  many  years, 
and  among  the  letters  and  papers  of  his  effects  are  many  evi- 
dences that  his  religion  was  a  part  of  his  daily  life  and  conver- 
sation. Besides  his  well-earned  reputation  as  a  lawyer  and  as 
an  accountant,  the  records  of  the  time  furnish  many  evidences 
of  his  prominence  as  an  active  and  patriotic  citizen  and  man  of 
affairs.  Maj.  James  Denny,  who  commanded  a  battalion  of 
Colonel  McArthur's  regiment  of  Ohio  Militia  which  marched 
to  the  aid  of  General  Harrison  in  1813,  in  a  letter  to  his  wife 
dated  Camp  Ohio  Freemen,  Aug.  10,  1813,  says:  "Ralph 
Osborn  is  in  good  health  and  sends  many  kisses  to  Miss 
Kitty.  He  and  I  have  slept  under  one  blanket  since  we  left 
home."  The  Ohio  State  Journal  has  recently  republished  an 
item  from  its  issue  of  Jan.  7,  1819,  recording  an  election  for 
the  directors  of  the  Franklin  Bank  of  Columbus  at  which  Ralph 
Osborn  was  elected  one  of  the  directors. 

Other  records  give  an  account  of  a  call  for  a  grand  squirrel 
hunt  which  took  place  Aug.  29,  1822,  rendered  necessary  by 
the  alarming  numbers  of  squirrels  which  destroyed  the  crops. 
The  hunt  was  successful  if  one  can  determine  by  the  number 
of  scalps  reported,  for  they  numbered  nineteen  thousand  six 
hundred  and  sixty.  In  March,  1823,  Mr.  Osborn  sent  out  a 
circular  letter  to  those  interested  to  meet  on  the  11th  of  April 
to  improve  the  Columbus  and  Granville  road. 


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The  affair  which  gave  him  much  unpleasant  prominence  was 
that  of  the  United  States  Bank.  This  Government  institution 
had  branches  located  at  Cincinnati  and  Chillicothe;  established 
in  1817.  In  1819  the  question  of  the  right  of  the  State  to  tax 
these  agencies  of  the  General  Government  was  raised.  Acting  - 
upon  advice,  Mr.  Osborn  as  Auditor  of  State  demanded  a  tax 
of  $50,000.00  from  the  branch  at  Chillicothe,  and  upon  refusal, 
summarily  seized  the  funds  and  held  them  at  Columbus.  He 
was  sued  by  the  bank  and  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  established  a  judgment  previously  rendered,  that  banks 
established  by  the  United  States  as  Government  agencies  can- 
not be  taxed  by  a  State.  The  money  was  returned  to  the 
Chillicothe  agency.  Mr.  Osborn  was  judged  to  be  in  contempt 
of  court  and  was  technically  a  prisoner  for  one  night. 

A  most  interesting  event  in  which  Mr.  Osborn  took  part  was 
the  ceremony  of  breaking  ground  for  the  Columbus  feeder  of 
the  Ohio  Canal,  which  occurred  upon  April  30,  1827.  General 
McLene,  Secretary  of  State,  and  Nathaniel  McLean,  Keeper  of 
the  Penitentiary,  removed  the  first  earth,  and  Ralph  Osborn, 
Auditor  of  State,  and  H.  Brown,  Treasurer  of  State,  wheeled  it 
from  the  ground.  This  was  the  beginning  of  one  of  those  great 
improvements  in  transportation  which  have  marked  the  career 
of  the  State  and  have  made  it  a  wonderful  example  of  energy, 
skill  and  successful  achievement. 

About  1830  Mr.  Osborn  built  a  substantial  house  on  Broad 
street  on  the  lot  next  west  of  the  present  Deshler  Bank  Build- 
ing, which  is  still  in  use,  the  lower  part  having  been  remodeled 
and  is  now  used  for  mercantile  purposes. 

Mr.  Osborn  was  married  upon  April  26,  1812,  at  Circleville, 

to  Catharine  Renick,  daughter  of  John   Renick,   a   native   of 

Moorefield,  Virginia,  from  which  place  he  removed  in  1802  to 

lands  which   he   bought   upon    Darby   Creek   near   Circleville. 

She   was  born   in    Hardy  County,  Virginia,  about  1780.     The 

children  of  this  marriage  were  : 

i.  John'  Renick  Osborn,  h.  Apr.  1,  1813,  d.  July  5,  1897,  Toledo,  0.5 
ni.  Elizabeth  Kunpp  Phinney  (adopted  Hartwell),  Nov.  29, 1839, 
at  Franklinton,  0.    Children: 

I.    HartWell  Osroiin.  b.  Aug.l7,IS40,  Xorwalk.O.;  m.  Nov.  11, 1S68,  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Monroe,  Toledo,  O.    Children  : 

1.  Anna.  Thayer  Osborn,  b.  Dee.  17, 1871. 

2.  Katk  Osborn,  l»,  Oct.  18,  1*74  ;  m.  Wilfred  Harold  Card,  Evans- 
ton,  111.,  June  24, 1062.    Children: 

i.    Fu/.abetii  Card,  h.  May  23,  1903, 
ii.    John  Osbobn  Card,  b.  May  16.  1905. 


158  Ralph  Osborn.  [April, 

II.    Laura  Colton  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  17, 1810,  Norwalk,  O.;  m.  Jan.  13  \^A 
Joseph  Lane  Beach,  Toledo,  O.    Children ; 


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1.  John  Hartwell  Beach,  b.  Aug.  2, 1865;  m.  Apr.  3,  1886  <Jtr 

trude  L.  Pease,  Minneapolis,  Minn.    Children: 
i.    Caroline  Jennings  Beach,  b.  Oct.  8, 1880. 
ii.    Joseph  Lane  Beach,  Jr.,  b.  June  24, 1888. 
iii.    John  Lee  Beach,  b.  Feb.  11, 1890. 
iv.    Jane  Pease  Beach,  b.  Dee.  18, 1892,  d.  July  18, 1896. 
v.    Edward  Latimer  Beach,  b.  July  21,1894,  d.  May  25.  l-  ■» 

2.  Edward  Latimer  Beach,  b.  June  30,  1867,  Toledo.  O.;  m.  Maj 

11,1805,  Lucie  A.  Quinn,  Brooklyn,  N.  y.  [Lieut.  Comma.,  h* 
U.  S.  N.,  1900.] 

3.  Mary  Osborn  Beach,  b.  Sept.  5, 1S69,  Toledo,  O.;  m.  T.  Frank 

lin  Schneider,  Mar.  31,  1891,  Washington,  D.  C.    Children  : 
i.    Florence  Schneider,  b.  1892. 
ii.    Ethel  Schneider,  b.  1894. 
iii.    Thomas  Franklin  Schneider,  b.  1903. 

III.  Mary  Kenick  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  12, 1843,  Norwalk,  O. ;  m.  June  4,1867 

Barnet  Ellis  Bullock,  Toledo,  O.    (S.  P.) 

IV.  Ralph  Osborn,  b.  Oct.  7, 1*44.  Norwalk,  O.,  d.  Oct.  31, 1882,  Toledo,  u.. 

unm. 
V.    Kate  Osborn,  b.  July  18, 1846.  d.  Nov.  19, 1846. 

VI.  Elizabeth  Phinney  Osborn,  b.  July  4. 1819,  Norwalk,  O. ;  m.  Dei-.  1. 
1870,  Laurens  Crafts,  Toledo,  O.    Children : 

1.  William  Little  Crafts,  b.  Sept.  14, 1S72,  d.  Oct.  15, 1873,  To- 

ledo, O. 

2.  Harry  Gillett  Crafts,  b.  Aug.  7, 1874,  Toledo,  O. ;  unm. 

3.  Charlotte  Crafts,  b.  Apr.  9. 1S77,  Toledo,  O.;  m.  Ralph  Eisen- 

hart, Nov.  26, 1902,  Toledo,  O.    Children : 

i.    Grace  Eisenhart,  b.  Dec.  12, 1903,  Akron,  O. 
ii.    Ralph  Sumnek  Eisenhart,  b.  Nov.  29, 1905,  Mansfield. 
VH.    John  Renick  Osborn,  Jr.,  b.  July  4, 1849,  Norwalk,  O.,  d.  Sept.  26, 1901, 

Bufiaio,  N.  Y. 
VIII.    James  William  Osborn,  b.  Apr.  26, 1852,  Norwalk,  O.,  d.  Nov.  12, 187''. 
Toledo,  O. 
IX.    Charlotte  Latimer  Osborn,  b.  Nov.  21, 1854,  Norwalk,  O. ;  m.  Jan.  H< 
1876,  Wallace  W.  Ainsworth.  Toledo,  O.    Children  : 

1.  Ralph  Ainsworth,  b.  Sept.  15,  1877,  Toledo,  O.;  m.  Jan.  17. 

1901,  Grace  Eiseuhart,  Windsor,  Canada. 

2.  Paul  Ainsworth,  b.  Sept.  6,  18S1,  Toledo,  O. 
ii.    James  Denny  Osbokn,  b.  June  17,  1814,  Circleville,  O.,  d.  May  2, 

1865,  Columbus,  O. ;  m.  June,  1841,  Emeline,  dau.  of  Dr.  Horace 
and  Jane  Lathrop,  Columbus,  O.     Children  : 

I.    Charles  Lathrop  Osborn.  b.  Dec.  10,  1S44,  Columbus,  O.;  m.  July  15, 
18Gb,  Mary  Galloway,  Columbus,  O.    Children  : 

1.  Frances  Bates  Osborn,  b.  May  3, 1869,  Columbus,  O. 

2.  Samuel  Galloway  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  27, 1871,  Columuus,  O. 

3.  Jennie  Lathrop  Faxon  Osborn,  b.  Jan.  23, 1874,  d.Sept.  14.1sT4 
II.    Francis   Stewart  Osborn.    b.  June  24,  1S17.  Columbus,  O.;   m,  0 

Marearet  Lord  Andrews  at  New  YorkCitv,  Nov.  1,  1570;  she  d.  Sept 
13,  188i).     Children: 

1.  Ralph  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  26,  1S7!,  Paris.  France. 

2.  Abner  Lord  Andrews  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  8. 1878,  Columbus.  O. 

3.  Eliphalet  Andrews  Osborn,  b.  July  4,  1880,  Columbus,  O. 
He  m.  (2)  Eliie  Beulah  hceme.  Mar.  20.  1889,  Chicago,  111.    (S.  P.) 

III.  Jane  Lathrop  Osborn,  b.  Aug,  13.  1850,  Columbus,  o..  <l.  Apr.  ft,  /• 

Columbus,  0.;  m.  William  C.  Faxon,  Oct.  11,  187U,  Columbus,  O.:  h« 
d.  Sept.,  1600.    Child: 
i.    Emeline  Lathrop  Faxon.  1>.  Mar.  7,  1874,  Columbus.  O..  •! 
Dee.  28,  1905  ;  m.  Harry  Miner,  Apr.  30.  1WI.    (S.  P.) 

IV.  Lizzie  Baldwin  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  15,  1SJ4,  d.  Oct  8. 1857;  Columbus,  U. 
V.    John  Osborn,  b.  June  22,  is"'.».  d.  Dee..  I860,  Columbus,  O. 

VI.  Mary  Osborn.  b.  Aug;  1,  1860,  Columbus.  O.  ;  m.  Oct.  1C,  1881,  at  Wor 
thini'ton,  O.,  Ktlw.n  A.  Dawson,  b.  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  22,  I84o 
Children: 

1.  Horace  Latheo?  Dawson,  b.  Oct.  10,  1885,  Columbus,  O. 

2.  Edwin  Scott  Dawson.  ),    c  ..  .,.,  .nu,  t-  „   t  „,  ,n 

3.  Mary  Osborn  Dawson,  )  b-  *«*■  -"  ^  Ev&nston,  111. 


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VII.    James  Denny  Osborn,  b.  Apr.  9, 18(52,  Columbus,  O. 
VIII.    Susan  Adams  Osisorm,  b.  Mar.  2, 1861,  Columbus,  O. :  m.  June  26,  1890. 
Nathaniel  Wright  Lord.  Columbus,  O.  [professor  in  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity].   Children  : 

1.  James  Osborn  Lord,  b-  Dec.  8, 1891,  Columbus,  O. 

2.  Eliza  Wright  Lord,  b.  June  10, 1893.  Columbus,  (). 

3.  Nathaniel  Wright  Lord,  b.  Apr.  S,  1900,  Columbus,  O. 

4.  Leland  Lathrop  Lord,  b.  Feb.  14,  1904. 

iii.  Mary  Osborn,  b.  Mar  6,  1816,  Chill icothe,  O.,  d.  1S93,  Circle  ville, 
O. ;  m.  Oct.  18,  1837,  Josiah  Renick  (S.  P.),  son  of  of  George  and 
Dorothy  (Harness)  Renick,  b,  Apr.  17,  1807,  d.  Apr.  9,  1887,  Cir- 
cleville,  O. 
iv.  Jane  Osbokn,  b.  Dec.  11,  1S17,  Columbus,  O.,  d.  Oct.  19,  1886,  Chil- 
licothe,  O.  ;  in.  Apr.  10,  1833,  Alexander  Renick,  son  of  George 
and  Dorothy  (Harness)  Renick,  b.  Feb.  4,  1815,  d.  Sept.  29, 1875, 
Chillicothe,  O.     Children : 

I.    Ralph  Osborn  Renick.  b.  Jan.  19, 1839,  Chillicothe,  O.,  d.  Apr.  13, 1899, 
Circleville,  O. ;  m.  Jan.,  186a,  Nellie  Lambert,  Chillicothe,  O.    Chil- 
dren : 
1.    Clara  Jane  Renick.  b.  Nov.,  1S60 ;  m.  (1)  Aug.  3,  1879,  Charles 
Hoffman,  who  d.  Feb.,  1883.    Child: 

i.    Beatrice  Hoffman,  b.  June  9, 1881 .  */ 
She  m.  (2)  Sept.  8. 1886.  John  N.  Brown,  Ottawa,  O.  Children: 
ii.    Helene  Brown,  b.  Aug.  29, 1887. 
iii.    Leete  Renick  Brown,  b.  July  6, 1890. 
iv.    Marie  Brown,  b.  May  in,  1893. 
.     2.    Mary  Osborn  Renick,  b.  Jan.  1. 1S62 ;  m.  William  Hand  Leete, 
Mar.  20, 1S78.    Children: 

i.    Harriet  Lenox  Leete,  b.  Mar.  20, 1879. 
ii.    Helen  Leete,  b.  Aug.  31, 1880. 
iii.    Ralph  Renick  Leete,  b.  Jan.  8, 1882. 
iv,    Hilda  Leete,  b.  Aug.  2\,  iS98. 
II.    Dorothy  Renick,  b.  Feb.  13, 1812,  Chillicothe,  O. ;  m.  (1)  Jan.  12, 1860, 
Joel  Alien  Battle,  Lavergue,  Tenn.    He  was  1st  Lieut,  and  Adjutant 
of  his  father's  regiment,  2utn  Tenn.  Inf.,  C.  S.  A. ;  was  wounded  at 
battle  of  Mill  Spring,  Tenn.,  and  killed  at  battle  of  Shiloh,  Tenn., 
Apr.  7,  1862.     Child  : 

1.  Joel  Allen  Battle,  b.  Jan.  4, 1861,  Chillicothe,  O. ;  m.  Feb.  4, 

1886,  Elizabeth  C.  Safford,  Chillicothe,  O.,  who  d.  Oct.  11, 
1901,  Evanston,  111.    Child : 

i.    Joel  Allen  Battle,  b.  Nov.  30, 1887. 
She  m.  (2)  Dec.  12, 1867,  George  Z.  Work,  Chillicothe,  O.    Child: 

2.  George  Renick  Work,  b.  Mar.  29, 1873,  Topeka,  Kan.;  m.  Feb. 

12, 1896,  Elsie  Gould,  Evanston,  111.    Children  : 

i.    Dorothy  Renick  Work,  b.  Aug.  2, 1897.  Evanston,  111. 
ii.    John  Gould  Work,  b.  Oct.  15, 1902,  Evanston,  111. 

III.  Henry  Renick,  b.  Oct.  3.  1813,  Chillicothe,  O. ;  m.  May  3, 1865,  Alice 

Burbridge  (b.  Mar.  21,  IS  17),  at  Chillicothe,  O.    Children  : 
1.    Alexander  Renick,  b.  Jan.  8,  1866. 

Harriet  Madeira  Renick.  b.  June  7, 1867. 
Rowland  Burbridge  Renick,  b.  Oct.  29,  1869. 
Harness  Renick,  b.  Aug.  8,  1S71. 
Dorothy  Turney  Renick,  b.  Jan.  7. 1873. 
Josiah  Renick,  b.  Apr.  8,  1875. 
Eleanor  Burbridge  Renick,  b.  Jan.  23, 1877. 
George  Work  Renick,  b.  Julv  6, 1879. 
Samuel  Ruggles  Renick,  b.  Aug.  25,  1S81. 
Henry  Turney  Renick,  b.  June  8, 1883. 
Francis  Black  Renick,  b.  Dee.  19, 1885. 

IV.  George  Renick,  b.  Nov.  "JO,  1815,  Chillicothe,  O. ;  m.  Eloisa  Florence 
Peters,  Nov.,  1869,  Stenbenville,  O.    Children  : 

1.    Florence  Renick,  b.  July  21,  1870;   m.  (1)  William  Mauer; 
m.  (2)  John  Scott  Mann. 
Ethel  Renick,  b.  Sept.  24,  1S73;    ra.   (1)  Justus  N.  Adams; 
Sept.  23,  1896 ;  m.  (2)  Bremoud  Piatt.    Children  : 
I.    Isabel  Adams  > .    0  t  ,s  ,Rg7 

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V.  Alexander  Renick,,  b.  Apr.  8,  18-17,  ChillicothetO. ;  in.  Dec.  D  \t,\ 
Elizabeth  Waddle,  Chiliicothe,  O.    Children  : 

1.  William  Waddle  Renick,  b.  June  27, 1S78,  Chiliicothe  u    t 

Nov.  14, 1882. 

2.  Alrxatder  Mortimer  Renick,  b.  Jan.  9,  1881. 

VI.    Jane  Sterling  Renick,  b.  Jan.  1, 1819,  Chiliicothe,  O.,  d.  Jan.  6. \*.r_ 
VII.    Mortimer  Renick,  b.  Oct.  4, 1850,  Chiliicothe,  O.,  d.  Ang.  3, 1852. 
VIII.    Sallie  Denny  Renick,  b.  Sept.  29, 1852,  Chiliicothe,  O.,  d.  Aug.  15,  » 

iv.     Ann  Eliza  Osborn,  b.  Jan.  15, 1820,  Columbus,  O.,  d.  Feb.  19,  ls\\ 
Columbus,  O.  ;  m.  Oct.  24,  1850,  Rev.  Josiah  Dickey  Smith,  ( 
lumbus,  O.    Children : 

I.  Josiah  Rentck  Smith,  b.  Oct.  24, 1851,  Columbus,  O. ;  m.  June  19,  IK 
Charlotte  Emily  Moore,  Cincinnati,  O.  He  is  professor  in  Ohio  .*-:.. 
University.    Children : 

1.  Harold  Osborn  Smith,  b.  July  5, 18S0. 

2.  Helen  Anderson  Smith,  b.  July  12, 1883. 

3.  Alison  Moore  Smith,  b.  June  16, 1888. 

II.  Ralph  Osborn  Smith,  b.  Sept.  3, 1853,  Columbus,  O. ;  m.  Apr.  17,  ISM 
Kate  Comstock,  Columbus,  O.,  who  d.  Feb.  14, 1885. 

III.  Alexander  Lattu  Smith,  b.  June  16, 1855,  Columbus,  O. ;  m.  Dc*' 

1885,  Alice  Doolittle,  Toledo,  O.    Children  : 

1.  Arthur  Osborn  Smith,  b.  Oct.  13, 1886,  d.  Apr.  13, 1888,  Toledo, 

2.  Donald  Parsons  Smith,  b.  Nov.  14, 1888,  Toledo,  O. 

3.  Emily  Cokinne  Smith,  b.  Aug.  26, 1891,  Toledo.  O. 

4.  Elizabeth  Doolittle  Smith,  b.  Dec.  31, 1893,  Toledo,  O. 

IV.  Anna  BaLlentine  Smith,  b.  Dec.  18,  1858,  Columbus,  O. ;  m.  June  :, 

1886,  Charles  E.  Groce.  Circleville,  O.    Children  : 

1.  Louise  Osborn  Groce,  b.  Oct.  21, 1887,  Circleville,  O. 

2.  Eleanor  Smith  Groce.  b.  May  26, 1S91,  Circleville,  O. 

3.  Charles  Kingsley  Groce,  b.  Oct.  21, 1896,  d.  Dec.  22, 1897. 

4.  Annette  Smith  Groce,  b.  Apr.  6, 1900,  Circleville,  O. 

vi.    William  Osborn,  b.  May  11,  1821,  Columbus,  O.,  d.  Feb.  11,  i860, 
Ashland,  O.;  m.  Oct.  15,  1851,  Cornelia  Fair,  at  Nbrwalk,  O. 
she  d.  Apr.  11,  1905,  Ashland,  O.     Children: 

I.    Kate  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  5,  1852,  Ashland,  O.,  d.  Sept.  26, 1896. 
II.    Isabella  Osborn,  b.  July  24, 1854,  Ashland,  O. 
III.    Elizabeth  Osborn,  b.  Feb.  24, 1858,  Ashland,  0.,  d.  May  5, 1897. 

vii.     Lucy  Osbohn,  b.  Jan.  5,  1824,  Columbus,  0., ■  d.  Mar.  17,  1892,  Cir- 
cleville, O. 

viii.    Henry  Clay  Osborn,  b.  Aug.  11,  1827,  Columbus,  O.,  d.  Apr.  23, 
1871,  Circleville,  O. 

Mrs.   Osborn   died   at  Circleville,  Ohio,  Jan,   2,   1830.     Mr. 

Osborn   married   for   his   second   wife,   March   17,  1831,  Janet 

Sterling  Denny.6     Their  children  were  : 

ix.  Sarah  Osborn,  b,  Dec.  31,  1831,  Columbus,  O.,  d.  July  31,  1892, 
Circleville,  O.  ;  m.  Dec.  14, 1858,  Palmer  Cone  Smith,  Circleville. 
O.,  b.  July  31,  1823,  Whitesboro,  N.  Y.     Children: 

I.  Jeanette  Sterling  Smith,  b.  July  21,  i860,  Circleville,  O.:  m.  Sept. 
13,  1883,  Charles  M.  Greve,  who  d.  July  4,  1004,  Chattanooga,  TeuTi 
Children: 

1.  Dorothea  Greve,  b.  June  1, 18S4,  Cincinnati,  O. 

2.  Harriet  ConeCreve,  b.  Aug.  17,  188§,  Cincinnati,  O. 


6.    She  was  the  widow  of  Dr.  Daniel  Turney  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  had  by  Dr.  Turn 
the  following  children: 

i.    Henry  James  Turney,  b.  Dec.  15.  isit. 
ii.    Nelson  John  Turney.  b.  Nov.  7,  lS'JO. 
iii.    Isabella  Turney,  b.  Oct.  6,  1S22. 
iv.    Samuel  Denny  Turney,  b.  Dec.  26,  1824. 
She  died  at  Columbus,  July  20,  1&46..  Dr.  Daniel  Turney  died  Jan.  1, 1827. 


1906.]  Ralph  Osbortu  161 


II.   Mary  Osborn  Smith,  b.  Oct.  14,  18G2.  Circleville,  0. ;  m.  Oct.  11,1894, 
Erasmus  Wilson  Brinker,  Columbus,  O.,  b.  Sept.  5, 1865.    Children  i 

1.  Catharine  Brinker,  b.  Oct.  6, 1898. 

2.  Smith  Bkinker,  b.  June  23,  1900. 

III.  Belle  Turney  Smith,  b.  May  11, 1865,  Circleville,  O.,  d.  June  11, 1865. 

IV.  Harriet  Otis  Smith,  b.  Mar  21, 18G8. 

x.  Catharine  Osborn,  b.  Dec.  30,  1833,  Columbus,  0. ;  m.  Feb.  15, 
1859,  Samuel  Holiday  Ruggles.  Circleville,  0.,  b.  June  8,  1821, 
d.  1905.     Children : 

I.    Samuel  Turney  Ruggles,  b.  Dec.  8, 1859,  Circleville,  O. ;  m.  Nov.  15, 
1899,  Maud  Richards.    Children : 

1.  Catharine  Ruggles,  b.  Aug.  28, 1900. 

2.  Miriam  Josephine  Ruggles,  b.  Dec.  1, 1901. 
II.    Lizzie  Joslin  Ruggles,  b.  Jan.  8, 18C3,  Circleville,  O. 

III.  Fanny  McCrea  Ruggi.es,  b.  July  31. 1865,  d.  Jan.  15, 1873,  Circleville,  O. 

IV.  Nelson  John  Ruggles,  b.  Feb.  1, 1868,  Circleville,  O. ;  m.  Nov.  16, 1897, 

Ruth  Miles.    Child: 
1.    Samuel  Holiday  Ruggles,  b.  May  26, 1901. 

xi.  Elizabeth  Osborn,  b.  May  6, 1836,  Columbus,  O.,  d.  1895,  Circle- 
ville, O. 

Note.— The  above  memoranda  of  the  life  of  Ralph  Osborn  are  compiled  rather  for  the 
purpose  of  eliciting  information  from  sources  not  available  to  the  compiler,  than  to  pre- 
sent a  complete  history.  There  are  doubtless  many  now  living  who  can  add  much  of 
interest  and  value  to  this  sketch,  and  it  is  submitted  in  the  hope  and  wish  that  additions 
and  corrections  may  be  made.  Hartwell  Osborn. 


3Jn  Hirmnrtam. 


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CHARLES  W.  MANWARING. 

Charles  William  Manwarlng,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  a  corre 
sponding  member  of  this  Society,  passed  on  to  his  rest  o:t 
Saturday  evening,  August  19,  1905. 

"He  was  b.  in  Waterford,  New  London  Co.,  Conn.,  May '.*, 
1829,  and  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  in 
Connecticut,  the  Manwarings  being  among  the  earliest  settler-. 
of  that  State,  and  their  genealogy  being  easily  traceable  for 
many  generations  before  the  settlement  of  the  New  World." 

In  1838  his  parents  removed  to  the  "far  West,"  New  Lisbon, 
Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 

He  returned  to  Connecticut  "to  learn  his  trade"  in  Green 
ville,  Conn.,  continuing  this  work  as  a  builder  in  and  around 
Norwich,  Conn.,  until  he  came  to  Hartford  in  1870,  soon  giving 
up  active  work  owing  to  failing  health. 

"His  love  for  books  and  research  led  him  to  take  up  a  line  of 
work  which  has  resulted  in  his  leaving  behind  him  a  monument 
more  enduring  than  stone,  and  a  work  which  will  be  more  and 
more  appreciated  as  future  generations  come  and  go. 

"Mr.  Manwarmg  was  about  seventy  years  old  when  he  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  putting  into  a  concise  and  durable  form  the 
contents  of  the  original  books  of  probate  records  of  Connecti- 
cut, part  of  which  were  in  the  State  Capitol  and  part  in  the 
Halls  of  Record  at  Hartford,  and  all  of  which  from  excessive 
use  and  the  lapse  of  time,  are  fast  approaching  a  condition 
when  access  to  them  will  be  obtained  with  difficulty.  Having 
conceived  the  idea  he  immediately  began  the  work  of  putting 
it  into  a  practical  form,  and  for  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life  labored  incessantly  and  under  great  physical  disability, 
succeeded  in  bringing  his  compilation  down  to  1750,  compris- 
ing the  first  fifteen  of  the  original  books,  which  is  now  being 
issued  in  three  large  octave  volumes,  two  of  them  having 
already  been  published,  and  the  third  about  to  be  issued.  To 
this  work  he  has  given  the  title,  'A  Digest  of  Early  Probate 
Records  of  Connecticut.'  While  it  is  a  work  of  great  value 
to  reference  libraries,  genealogists,  and  all  who  are  interested 
in  tracing  their  ancestry,  it  is  also  a  pioneer  work  in  its  line, 
pointing  the  way  to  what  may  be  done  in  other  parts  of  the 
State  and  in  sister  States  in  the  way  of  putting  their  ancient 
and  valuable  records  into  a  form  that  will  forever  insure  against 
their  loss  or  destruction.  Only  great  patience,  determination, 
courage,  and  an  abiding  faith  in  the  merits  of  the  work  could 
have  brought  about  its  production,  especially  at  such  an  ad- 
vanced age,  and  Connecticut  was  fortunate  in  possessing  among 

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Standing  by  the  First  Settlers'  Monument  in  the  Old  Center  Church 
Cemetery,  Hartford,  Connecticut 


Herbert  C.  Andrews 


1006.]  In  Memoriam.  163 

her  citizens  one  who  was  equipped  with  the  necessary  qualifi- 
cations. The  State  has  recognized  his  labors  by  purchasing 
copies  of  the  work  for  official  use. 

"It  is  a  sad  fact  that  on  the  day  following  the  completion  of 
his  great  compilation,  he  succumbed  to  the  fatal  disease  which 
at  last  took  him  away  (a  cancerous  affection  of  the  throat), 
thus  showing  with  what  great  courage  and  suffering  he  must 
have  pursued  his  labors  on  the  latter  part  of  his  work.  For 
nine  months  he  patiently  bore  his  affliction  until  death  released 
him,  leaving  a  work  that  will  preserve  his  name  forever." 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society  and 
of  the  Cape  Cod  Pilgrim  Association. 

Mr.  Manwaring  m.  (1)  Mary  A.  Potter  of  Greenville.  Their 
only  child,  Carlton  Augustus,  d.  in  childhood.  He  is  survived 
by  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Emily  Phillips  of  Jewett  City,  Conn., 
and  four  children,  Miss  Mary  E.  and  Miss  Fannie  J.  Manwaring 
Hartford,  Charles  P.  Manwaring  of  Chicago,  and  Josephine  K. 
(Mrs.  Charles  H.  Avery)  of  South  Framingham,  Mass. 


HERBERT  C.  ANDREWS. 

Herbert  Cornelius  Andrews,  a  corresponding  member  of 
this  Society,  a  resident  of  Los  Angeles,  CaL,  died  at  the  home  of 
his  uncle  in  Chicago,  111.,  May  31,  1905,  aged  twenty-two  years. 

He  was  a  descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  from  John  and 
Mary  Andrews,  who  were  among  the  early  settlers  and  propri- 
etors of  Farmington,  Conn.,  that  town  of  fifteen  miles  square, 
from  which  territory  in  course  of  time  seven  or  more  towns 
were  established.  These  settlers  lived  some  two  miles  north 
of  the  present  village  of  Farmington,  on  a  farm  that  continued 
until  recently  and  perhaps  even  now  remains  in  the  family. 

For  five  generations  the  ancestors  of  Mr.  Andrews  lived  in 
this  region,  the  name  of  their  home  towns  changing  as  new 
towns  were  organized,  viz.,  Wethersfield,  Glastonbury,  Berlin 
and  New  Britain,  where  his  grandfather,  Alfred  Andrews,  was 
born  October  16,  1797,  and  where  he  lived  and  his  children 
were  born. 

Alfred  Andrews  spent  the  later  years  of  his  long  and  useful 
life  in  the  preparation  of  the  Andrews  and  the  Hart  memorials, 
having  begun  the  former  in  1855,  but  laid  it  aside  from  1S5S  to 
1867  to  devote  the  time*  to  a  History  of  New  Britain,  which 
was  published  in  the  latter  year. 

His  second  wife  was  Mary  Lee,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Polly 
(Lee)  Shipman,  and  the  fifth  of  their  eight  children  was  Alfred 
Hinsdale  Andrews,  b.  Dec.  25,  1S38, 

When  a  very  young  man  he  left  Connecticut  and  finally  set- 
tled in  Chicago,  where  after  eight  years  of  work  for  others  he 
established  the  school  furniture  business  which  has  grown  into 
the  present  great  A.  H.  Andrews  Co.,  one  of  the  monuments 
of  commercial  enterprise  of  that  busy  city. 


164  InMemoriam.  [April, 

On  Feb.  6,  1872,  Mr.  Andrews  m.  Ella  Cornelia  Matson  oj 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  a  dau.  of  Newell  Matson,  a  native  of  Simsburv. 
Conn.  Their  son  Herbert  Cornelius  was  b.  in  Chicago,  Mar 
19,1883. 

"As  a  child  he  was  far  from  robust,  and  as  the  years  passed, 
there  were  always  physical  limitations  to  work  against.  He 
cared  little  for  sports,  or  the  things  of  life  in  which  most  young 
boys  indulge,  but  was  absorbed  in  his  studies,  his  music  and 
his  diversions.  Always  serious  in  purpose,  he  was  yet  the  most 
witty,  sprightly  and  charming  of  companions. 

"His  diversions  varied  as  he  grew  to  manhood,  but  he  always 
had  some  intense  interest ;  first  a  collection  of  about  two  thou- 
sand  authors'  portraits,  the  lives  of  whom  he  knew  by  heart. 
Then  he  mastered  stenography  and  typewriting  ;  later  he  took 
a  course  in  a  school  of  advertising,  and  another  of  scientific 
salesmanship,  and  for  a  time  he  studied  designing. 

These  pursuits  were  carried  on  while  attending  school  and 
college.  He  graduated  from  Oak  Park  High  School  in  18ft) 
at  the  age  of  sixteen,  and  later  attended  Chicago  University 
and  Colorado  College,  Colorado  Springs.  At  the  latter  place 
he  also  studied  harmony,  and  showed  marked  ability  in  musi- 
cal composition." 

After  a  year  at  Colorado  College  he  spent  two  years  in  out- 
of-door  life  and  then  went  to  Pasadena,  Cal.,  where  his  health 
so  much  improved  that  he  tried  business  life,  proving  himself 
to  have  good  business  ability. 

For  five  or  six  years  he  had  devoted  his  spare  time  to  gene- 
alogical studies,  and  now,  when  not  yet  twenty-one,  he  turned 
from  an  advantageous  position  in  Los  Angeles  to  devote  him- 
self to  that  congenial  work.  He  opened  a  studio  devoted  exclu- 
sively to  genealogical  research  and  heraldic  designing,  and  was 
probably  the  youngest  member  of  the  profession.  He  prepared 
several  genealogies  and  was  at  work  on  the  Rindge  Genealogy 
and  the  Hinsdale  Genealogy  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  England  Genealogical  Histori- 
cal Society,  the  N.  Y.  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Society. 
the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogical  Society,  the  Wisconsin  His- 
torical Society,  and  the  Society  of  the  Colonial  Wars. 


HON.  ANDREW  N.  ADAMS. 
Andrew  N.  Adams  was  born  in  Fair  Haven,  Vt,  January  0, 
1830.  His  early  school  training  was  obtained  in  the  comn;'" 
schools,  and  at  the  Green  Mountain  Liberal  Institute  of  South 
Woodstock,  Vt.  Later  he  entered  the  Meadville,  Pa.,  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  In  1855  he  graduated  from  the  Harvard 
Divinity  School  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  on  August  1st  was 
married  to  Angie  M.  Phelps  of  Orwell,  Vt.  The  following  fall 
he  became  pastor  of  the  first  Parish  Church  in  Needham,  Mass., 
where  he  remained  two  years. 


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1006.]  In  Mtmoriam.  165 

In  1857  he  was  called  to  the  First  Universalist  Church  of 
Franklin,  Mass.  Here  he  passed  two  very  happy  and  useful 
years  ;  not  only  in  his  chosen  profession,  but  in  the  work  of 
establishing  a  town  library,  and  other  educational  lines.  Later, 
Dean  Academy  of  Franklin,  Mass.,  was  established,  and  two  of 
Mr.  Adams'  daughters  had  the  honor  of  graduating  from  this 
institution. 

In  1860  the  failing  health  of  his  father,  who  was  actively 
engaged  in  a  large  marble  business — owning  a  half  interest  in 
a  quarry  at  West  Rutland,  Vt. — seemed  to  demand  his  return 
to  his  native  town,  Fair  Haven,  Vt.,  where,  for  a  number  of 
years,  he  was  a  partner  with  his  father,  and  his  brother-in-law, 
D.  B.  Colton. 

Mr.  Adams  was  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Fair  Haven 
and  of  Rutland  County  ;  being  deeply  and  actively  interested 
in  all  educational  and  historical  matters  pertaining  to  his  native 
State.  He  had  occupied  most  of  the  town  offices,  was  largely 
instrumental  in  establishing  the  graded  school  system,  and  was 
for  many  years  a  leading  spirit  on  the  school  board.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  directors  of  the  Fair  Haven  Public  Library, 
did  a  large  amount  of  work,  classifying  and  cataloguing 
books,  etc.,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  looking  forward 
with  great  pleasure  to  the  building  and  establishment  of  a  fine 
Carnegie  Library.  For  the  past  twenty-five  years  he  had  been 
president  of  the  Rutland  County  Grammar  School  at  Castleton, 
Vt.  In  1870  he  published  a  history  of  his  native  town,  a  book 
of  516  pages. 

Mr.  Adams  was  a  member  of  the  New  England  Historical- 
Genealogical  Society  and  of  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealog- 
ical Society,  and  since  his  retirement  from  active  business, 
had  devoted  many  years  to  the  study  of  genealogical  subjects. 

The  first  publication  was  a  history  of  the  descendants  of 
James  and  William  Adams  of  Londonderry  (now  Derry),  N.  H. 
This  included  his  own  branch. 

In  1898  he  published  a  genealogical  history  of  Henry  Adams 
of  Braintree,  Mass.,  and  John  Adams  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  a 
book  of  more  than  1200  pages. 

In  1900  he  published  a  history  of  Robert  Adams  of  New- 
bury, Mass.,  of  500  pages. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  nearly  completed  a  history 
of  Edward  Adams  of  Fairfield,  Conn. 

In  1884-5  he  represented  the  town  in  the  Legislature,  and  in 
1888-9  he  was  in  the  State  Senate,  being  a  very  influential 
member  of  the  joint  Committee  on  Education. 

Mr.  Adams  leaves  a  wife  and  three  daughters — Alice  A.,  wife 
of  Horace  B.  Ellis  of  Castleton,  Vt.;  Annie  E.,  wife  of  George 
B.  Jermyn  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  and  Stella  M.,  wife  of  John  T. 
Powell  of  Fair  Haven,  Vt. — also  one  sister,  Mrs.  Helen  M. 
Colton  of  Pittsfield,  Mass. 


ST.  CLAIR  GENEALOGY. 

(Concluded  from  page  44.) 

3.  Elizabeth  St.  Clair,  the  fourth  child  of  General  Arthur 
St.  Clair,  in  1782,  being  then  less  than  sixteen  years  of  age, 
married  Captain  John  Lawrence,  who  held  commission  from 
Washington  in  the  U.  S.  Army.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  Lawrence,  and  was  b.  Sept.  15,  1751.  He  was  a  First 
Lieutenant  in  5th  Penn.  Battalion,  made  Captain  Oct.  12, 1774; 
captured  at  Fort  Washington,  Nov.,  1776  ;  exchanged,  Aug., 
1778,  and  did  not  re-enter  the  service.  He  was  an  invalid  for 
some  years  before  his  death  about  1799.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary  Morris  Lawrence,  b.  at  Pottegrove,  Pa.,  in  1783  ;  m.  Samuel 
Colville  Vance,  June  11,  1800,  when  about  17,  and  d.  at  Law- 
renceburg, Ind.,  Mar.  21,  1S23.  Her  husband  was  a  Captain  in 
the  U.  S.  Army,  holding  commission  from  Washington ;  was 
located  for  some  time  at  Fort  Washington  (Cincinnati)  ;  took 
part  in  the  War  of  1812  and  was  wounded;  at  close  of  military 
services  settled  in  Cincinnati.  He  became  a  merchant  and  a 
banker.  He  laid  out  the  town  of  Lawrenceburg,  Ind.  Was 
Receiver  of  Public  Moneys  at  Fort  Wayne.  He  d.  Feb.  IS,  ls"0. 
leaving  nine  children : 

I.  Arthur  St.  Clair  Vance,  b.  Cincinnati.  June  20, 1801 :  studied  law  and 
practiced  in  Cincinnati;  member  Indiana  Legislature ;  d.  Sept.  ~-\ 
1849.   He  m,  Feb.  8,  Ls2S,  Lavenia  Noble.   They  "had  eleven  children 

1.  Mary  Morhis  Vance  ;  in.  James  M.  Doxon.  and  d.  Oct.  28, 1865, 

leaving  issue. 

2.  Samuel  Colville  Vance  ;  m.  Eebecca  Anderson,  and  had  three 

sons  and  one  dau. 

3.  Elizabeth  St.  Clair  Vance,  d.  young. 

4.  Martha  Jane  Vance  ;  m.  James  E.  Springer,  and  had  two  sous 

and  one  dau. 

5.  Anna  Maria  Vance,  d.  young. 

6.  Thomas  Pickard  Vance;  m.  Arthelia  Noble;  had  four  son* 

and  three  daus. 

7.  Margaret  L.  Vance;   m.  Rev.  Charles  H.  Marshall,  pastor 

Presbyterian  Church  at  Indianapolis,  who  d.  Jan.,  1872,  leav- 
ing two  daus. 

8.  Catharine  D.  Vance;  m.  Isaac  Newton  Craig;  one  son  and 

three  daus. 

9.  Arthur  St.  Clair  Vance,  b.  Jan.  18, 18-13,  d.  Sept.  8. 1S75;  m. 

Elizabeth  Cozine ;  had  son  named  Arthur  St.  Clair  Vance. 

10.  Noah  Nolle  Vance,  M.  D. ;  m.  Frances  Routh ;  four  sons,  the 

youngest  Arthur  St.  Clair  Vance. 

11.  Hervey  Bates  Vance  :  m.  Cordelia  Prather. 

II.    Margaret  Eliza  Vance,  b.  Cincinnati,  Jan.  18, 180S;  m.  Dee.  31,  ,- 
Lazarus  Noble.  Receiver  of  Public  Moneys,  who  d.  Sept.  29.  \> 
and  she  m.  (2)  Hon.  B.  F.  Morris,  a  Judge  in  Indiana.     By  the  '■' '  '■ 
marriage  there  was  one  son,  William  Hamilton  Noble,   He  was  mar- 
ried twice  and  left  issue.    Of  the  three  daughters  by  his  first  i     ' 
riaee.  one  (Margaret  Vance  Noble)  m.  II   L.Wallace,  son  of  'j* '■• 
Lew  Wallace.    By  her  second  marriage  (Morris)  she  had  one  -■  ' 
Samuel  Vance  Morris,  b.  July  23,  1833.    He  m.  (1)  Apr  11,  1859,  M  ■' 
Jane  Harrison,  who  d.  Sept.  14, 1867,  and  he  m.  (2)  Oct.  12,  lb&D.  An    • 
Symmes  Harrison,  both  sisters  of  ex-President  Benjamin  Harrteou. 
There  was  issue  by  the  last  marriage  also. 
III.    Catharine  Lawrence  Vance,  b.  Lawrenceburg,  Dec.  31, 1804,  and  A 
at  Lexinuton.  Kv„  May  15,  1839.     She  m.  at  Lawrenceburg,  Nov.  > 
1826,  Thomas  Butler  Pinckard,  M.  I).,  b.  in  Virginia,  Jan.  12,  17 
and  d.  8t  Lexington,  Ky.,  Oct.  14. 1800.    Tlvey  had  six  children.    '■  ■• 
of  the  daughters  are  Living  [189/1  in  Pasadena,  Col.,  viz.:    Mar;:ax<  '• 
St.  Clair,  who  m.  Granville  Cecil  of  Boyd  County,  Ky.,  and  Kal 
Vance,  b.  Lexington,  Ky.,  Sept.  1.  1834,  m.  at  Indianapolis.  Jw 
1S56,  Alvin  C.  Greenleaf  of  that  city. 

160 


1900.]  St.  Clair  Ge?iealogy.  167 

IV.  Mary  Jake  Vance. 

V.  Jeremiah  Hunt  Vance. 

VI.  David  Vance. 

VII.  Clarissa  Vance. 

VIII.  Lawrence  Martin  Vance. 

IX.  Samuel  Colville  Vance. 

ii.    Arthur  St.  Clair  Lawrence,  b.  Pottsgrove,  Pa.,  in  1786,  d.  1795. 

iii.  Catharine  S.  Lawrence,  b.  Pottsgrove,  1789;  m.  in  1810,  Thomas 
Randolph,  of  Dungeness,  Va.,  and  she  d.  at  Paris,  Ky.,  Nov.  14, 
1816.  He  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe  while  serving 
on  Gen.  Harrison's  staff.     He  left  one  dau.: 

I.  Mary  Skifyvith  Randolph,  b.  Aug.  10,  1811.  She  m.  May  29,  1833» 
William  Sheets,  Secretary  of  State  of  Indiana,  who  d.  Mar.  4,  1872> 
leaving  eight  children,  four  of  whom  [1897]  survive,  viz.:  Elizabeth 
Lawrence  Sheets,  who  m.  Archibald  Harrison,  brother  of  Benjamin 
Harrison,  and  had  issue,  Henry  Harrison,  b.  Aug.  0,  1818,  now  [18vJ7] 
living  in  Indianapolis:  Randolph  Sheets,  b.  Nov.  14,  1842,  and 
living  [1897]  in  Chicago;  and  Mary  Randolph  Sheets,  b.  Nov.  14, 
1842,  and  Catharine  Sheets,  b.  Apr.  14,  1848,  both  living  [1S97]  in 
Germantown,  Pa.,  unm. 

iv.  Thomas  Lawrence,  b.  Pottsgrove,  1790(?);  became  a  Captain  in  the 
U.  S.  Army  in  1813 ;  settled  at  Carlisle,  III.,  and  m.  June  15, 1827, 
Susan ,  and  d.  Dec.  10, 1827.    No  issue. 

v.  Elizabeth  St.  Clair  Lawrence,  b.  Pottsgrove,  July  22,  1791  ;  d. 
unm.  at  Indianapolis  in  1864. 

vi.  John  Lawrence,  b.  Pottsgrove,  1793;  studied  law  and  became  a 
prominent  member  of  the  bar  at  Cincinnati.  He  m.  Maria 
Ferree  in  1824.  Removed  to  Lawrenceburg,  Iud.,  where  he  d. 
in  1834.  His  wife  d.  before  him.  They  left  two  sons,  Thomas 
and  Arthur  Lawrence.  Thomas  d.  s.  p.,  and  Arthur,  b.  Apr.  16, 
1832,  m.  Elizabeth  Aldridge,  and  they  had  issue. 

Mrs.  Lawrence  as  a  widow  married  James  Dill.  He  was  b.  in 
Belfast,  Ireland,  1778,  and  came  to  this  country  when  quite 
young.  Soon  after  his  marriage  they  emigrated  to  Cincinnati, 
and  later  to  Lawrenceburg,  Ind.,  where  she  d.  in  1825.  Dill  d. 
in  1840.     Their  son — 

vii.  Hamilton  Dill,  m.  Gertrude  Pearson  at  Lawrenceburg  in  1827. 
She  d.  at  Jacksonville,  Ore.,  in  Feb.,  1889,  having  survived  her 
husband  forty  years.     They  had  issue,  all  b.  at  Lawrenceburg: 

I.    Aurela  Dux,  b.  1828;  m.  A.  H.  McCarty.  and  lived  in  Texas  when  this 
was  written.    One  son,  J.  Kent  McCarty,  residing  [1M97]  in  Norman, 
Oklahoma. 
II.    James  Dill,  b.  1830.  d. 

III.  Henry  Clay  Dill,  b.  1833. 

IV.  Lizzie  St.  Clair  Dill.  b.  1837. 
V.    John  Pearson  Dill.  b.  1813. 

VI.    Gertrude  Leslie  Dill,  b.  184">,  d. 

4.  Arthur  St.  Clair,  Jr.,  m.  Frances  Stall,  of  Cincinnati  ; 
d.  Sept.  26,  1820.  His  widow,  b.  Dec.  11,  1785,  d.  Jan.  3,  1860, 
at  the  home  of  her  daughter  in  Hamilton,  O.    They  had  issue  : 

i.  Arthur  St.  Clair  (third),  b.  Aug.  23,  1803,  in  Cincinnati.  Grad. 
Cincinnati  College  at  age  of  18,  admitted  to  the  bar  when  2L  ; 
settled  in  Lawrenceburg.  Ind.;  m.  Mary  Lane,  but  had  no  chil- 
dren. Was  appointrd  Register  of  Land  Office  and  moved  to 
Indianapolis,  where  he  remained  nine  years  and  returned  to 
Lawrenceburg.  "Was  member  of  the  Indiana  Legislature.  He 
d.  Aug.  24,  1842. 


168  St  Clair  Genealogy.  [Apri!. 

ii.  John  %?.  Clair,  b.  Mar.  2,  180G;  m.  Ann  Crocker  at  Una- hi  \ 
N.  Y.,  Aug.  26,  1827,  and  d.  at  Peoria,  111.,  Oct.  6,  1834.  He  left 
one  eon : 

I.    W.  H.  St.  Clair,  b.  in  Cincinnati,  May  23, 1829,   After  hia  father's  <<< ■„ -. 
hifi  mother  returned  to  Unadilla,  and  on  her  second  nmrriaco  eh  ■  - 
to  Effingham  Co.,  111.    When  17  he  entered  Asbury  University,  i 
aud  three  years  later  became  a  Methodist  minister.    Twelve  v.  .■.'-. 
later  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  and  practiced  in  Eftiuxb* 
Co.    He  married  twice,  first  Mary  Jane  Jackson,  May  30,  1850.   1 :..  j 

had  dau.,  (1)  Anna  Lane  St.  Clair,  now  Mrs. Pope.    His  bccoh  . 

wife,  Elizabeth  Ann  Jackson,  Aug.  11,  1857.     By  this  union  th«» 
were  nine  children.    The  following  were  living  in  1897: 

2.  Mary  St,  Clair  :  Effingham,  111. 

3.  Laura  St.  Clair  ;  m.  D.  K.  Torrance,  Winfield,  Kan. 

4.  Carrie  St.  Clair;  m.  B.  F.  Nappier,  Glenwood  Springs,  Colo 

5.  Balfour  St.  Clair  ;  m.  E.  E.  Porsey,  Del  Norte,  Colo. 

6.  Charles  St.  Clair;  Effingham. 

iii.    Eliza  St.  Clair,  b.  Nov.  23, 1809,  d.  Feb.  28,  1839,  in  Cincinnati , 

unm. 
iv.     Frances  St.  Clair,  b.  June  20,  1812;  in.  A.  F.  Mayo,  and  d.  Nov. 

3,  1838.    No  children. 
v.    Margaret  Balfour  St.  Clair,  b.  Apr.  12,  1815;   m.  George  W. 
Tapscott  of  Hamilton,  0.,  and  d.  Jan.  22,  1873.    He  d.  Aug.  10, 
1873.     They  had  one  dau. ; 

I.    Laura  St.  Clair  Tapscott,  who  m.  Pr.  Charles  E.  Paddock.   They  live 
in  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  and  have  three  children. 

vi.    Laura  St.  Clair,  b.  Apr.  5,  1821,  d.  Sept.  3,  1858,  in  Hamilton,  0. . 
unm. 

5.  Louisa  St.  Clair,  sixth  child,  b.  Sept.  24,  1773,  at  Lig- 
onier,  d.  May  27, 1840 ;  m.  1795,  Samuel  Robb  of  Ligonier,  son 
of  James  Robb,  one  of  the  three  brothers  who  in  1770  moved 
from  Cumberland  Co.  to  Ligonier  Co.  and  thence  to  Westmore- 
land Co.  Samuel  Robb  d.  in  1853.  There  is  much  romance 
about  her  early  career,  she  being  the  heroine  of  "The  Legend 
of  Louisa  St.  Clair.     Their  children  were  : 

i.    Margaret  Balfour  Robb,  b.  1798 ;  m.  William  T.  Baldridge. 
ii.    Arthur  St.  Clair  Robb,  b.  1800.     He  left  home  Apr.  25,  182S,  and 

was  never  again  heard  of. 
iii.    George  Washington  Robb,  b.  1S03  ;  m.  Christina  Palmer  in  IS23, 

and  d.  Oct.  8,  185S. 
iv.    Ellen  Douglas  Robb,  b.  1805  ;  m.  Robert  Graham,  Jan.  29,  182S. 
v.    John  Murry  Robb,  b.  1807.    Volunteered  in  the  Mexican  War  an.i 

d.  at  New  Albany  in  1847. 
vi.  Mary  Louisa  Robb,  b.  Sept.  10,  1810;  m.  (1)  John  Sutton  of  Som- 
erset, Apr.  15,  1825.  He  d.  May  23,  1830,  and  she  m.  (2)  John 
Wineland  of  Derry  Tp.,  Westmoreland  Co.,  Mar.  27,  1832,  and 
d.  June  2,  1SS7.  Her  youngest  dau.,  Mrs.  Ellen  I).  W.  Reminy. 
lives  at  Youngstown,  Westmoreland  Co.,  Pa. 


THRALL. 

IN  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1629,  a  Congregational  Church 
of  pious  people  held  a  meeting  in  the  new  hospital  at 
Plymouth,  England,  and  chose  and  called  those  godly 
ministers,  Rev.  Mr.  John  Wareham  of  Exeter  and  Rev.  Mr. 
John  Meverick  to  be  their  ministers.  March  20,  1630,  with 
many  godly  families  and  people  from  Devonshire,  Dorsetshire 
and  Somersetshire,  they  sailed  from  Plymouth,  England  in  the 
Mary  and  John  for  Massachusetts. 

May  30th — Lord's  Day— with  their  goods  they  were  put  on 
shore  at  Nantasket  Point.  They  went  immediately  to  Charles- 
ton and  from  thence  to  Mattapan,  began  a  town  and  named  it 
Dorchester.* 

Mr.  Wareham  and  a  larger  part  of  his  church,  in  1635  settled 
in  Windsor,  Conn.  One  of  the  members  of  Mr.  Wareham's 
church  was  William  Thrall,  who  was  born  in  1605.  He  was 
one  of  the  thirty  soldiers  from  Windsor  in  the  war  against  the 
Pequots  in  1637.  His  wife's  name  was  Goode.  She  died  July 
30,  1676,  and  he  died  Aug.  3,  1678.  Two  of  their  children  were 
named  Timothy  and  David. 

Timothy2  Thrall  (William'),  b.  July  26,  1641,  d.  June,  1697. 
His  name  often  appears  in  the  records  of  Windsor  and  he  pos- 
sessed considerable  property  and  influence.  He  m.  Nov.  10, 
1659,  Deborah  Gun,  who  d.  Jan.  7,  1694.  Their  children  were, 
Deborah, Timothy,  Mehitable,  Elizabeth,  John,  Martha,  Thomas, 
Samuel,  Abigail.    The  two  last  were  twins. 

John3  Thrall  (Timothy1  and  Deborah,  William1),  b.  June  5, 
1671.  He  m.  Mindwell  Moses,  Jan.  6,  1697.  He  d.  April  18, 
1732.  Their  children  were,  John,  Moses,  Aaron,  Anna,  Joseph, 
David,  Joel,  Charles  and  Jerusha. 

John4  Thrall  (John*  and  Mindwell,  Ti?nothy?  William1),  b. 
Oct.  13,  1699.  Both  he  and  his  father  and  some  of  their 
descendants  are  buried  in  the  Turkey  Hills  parish,  Windsor  ; 
Serg't  David  Thrall,  Serg't  William  Thrall  and  Isaac  and  Giles 
Thrall  were  soldiers  of  the  Revolutionary  War  from  Windsor. 
He  m.  Mary  Roberts.  Their  children  were,  John,  Mary,  Aaron, 
Lucy,  Samuel,  Mindwell,  Ezekiel  and  Benjamin. 

*  Prince's  Chronology  of  New  England,  pages  271,  274,  277  and  369. 

169 


170  Thrall.  [April, 

Samuel5  Thrall  (Jch?f  and  Mary  Roberts,  John?  Timothy? 
William1),  b.  in  Windsor,  Conn.,  July  11,  1737,  d.  in  Rutland, 
Vt.,  Dec.  3, 1821.  He  was  a  farmer,  active,  vigorous  and  indus- 
trious, an  officer  in  the  French  war  of  1762  and  a  Captain  in 
the  Revolution. 

Before  the  Revolution  he  removed  to  Granville,  Mass.  He 
was  a  sympathizer  with  Capt.  Shays  in  1784  and  suffered  con- 
siderably thereby.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature  in  1788.  In  1790  he  removed  to  Rutland,  Vt.  All 
his  sons  and  daughters  except  Samuel,  Jr.,  Lucy  and  Worthy 
moved  there  about  the  same  time.  He  m.  Lucy,  dau.  of  Mar- 
tin Winchell.  (Martin  Winchell  d.  Feb.  15,  1785.)  Her 
brothers  were  Martin,  Nathaniel  and  Daniel.  She  had  one 
sister,  Deborah,  who  m.  Simon  Lewis  of  Windsor,  Conn.  Mrs. 
Thrall  was  a  woman  of  plain  manners,  stout  frame  and  robust 
health  ;  a  kind-hearted  Christian  woman,  always  ready  to  do 
her  whole  duty  to  her  family  and  neighbors.  Their  children 
were  : 

i.    Theodosia  Thrall  ;  m.  Titus  Adams.    He  removed  from  Rutland 
to  Esopus,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1810.    Their  children  were, 

Titus,  Timothy,   Benjamin,  James,  and  a  dau.  who  m. 

Rosecrans  of  Ohio. 
ii.    Lucy  Thrall  ;  m.  Eber  Spelman.    They  lived  in  Stratford,  Tolai.d 
Co.,  Conn.     She  d.  Aug.  21,  1824,  aged  67.    They  had  six  sons 
and  three  daus. : 

I.    Daniel  Spelman,  b.  Oct.  1G,  1778,  d.  Somers,  Conn..  Mar.  20, 1835:  in. 

May  5,  L7'j9,  Soloma  Billings,  who  d.  Nov.  27,  1829. 
II.    Statip.a  Spelman,  b.  Mar.  29,  1780,  d.  Oct.  17,  17S1. 

III.  Eber  Spelman,  b.  July  14, 1782,  d.  June  16, JS53;  was  a  Presbyterian 

and  lived  at  Moscow,  N.  Y.;  m,  Mar.  31,  1807,  Anna  Cody,  b.'Apr. '.'. 
1782,  d  July  6,  1852.    Three  sons,  two  daus. 

IV.  Apollos  Spelman,  b.  StaiTord,  Conn.,  Nov.  25,  1784  ;  m.  Almira  Clark: 

d.  Nov.  3;;,  1826.    Five  sons,  two  daus. 
V.    Sylvester  Spelman,  b.  Sept.  7,  178J,  d.  Sept.  5,  1873.    Was  a  physician 
and  resided  in  Granville,  O.      He  m.  (Ii  Oet  4,  1321,  Emily  Board 
man,  d.  Sept.  13,  1842,  aged  4G.  He  m.  (2)  Mav  13,  1848,  Mary  Quimby. 

wid.  of Girlling,  b.  Jim.  12,  1802,  d.  Apr.  21,  1§S8.    Dr.  Spelm  .-. 

had  two  daus.,  Charlotte,  who  d.  unm.  Feb.  is,  1C03.  aged  78  y.  7  ■■ 
and  Mrs.  Martha  K.  Downer  of  Granville. 
VI.    Samuel  Thrall  Spelman,  b.  Mar.  4,  17i*2,  d.  May,  1838;  m.  Beulab 

Ellis.    Three  or  more  children. 
VII.    Charlotte  Spelman,  b.  June  21, 1794,  d.  Oct.  5, 1848 ;  m.  Orrin  Har- 
wood.    Two  sons,  six  daus. ;  lived  at  W.  Stafford. 
VIII.    Elsamana  Spelman.  b.  July25,  11M;  in.  John  Cady.    Two  sons,  ttirc* 
daus.  ;  lived  at  \V.  Stailord. 
IX.    Anson  Spelman,  b.  Dec.  24,  179S;  m.  May  2G,  1825,  Lucinda  Cushman. 
b.  Mar.  10, 18U8  ;  lived  at  Stalibrd,  Conn.    Two  sous,  two  daus. 

iii.    Mary  Thrall,  d.  young. 

6.  iv.     Samuel  Thrall,  b.  Aug.  31,  1760. 

7.  v.    Aaron  Thrall,  b.  Jan.  25,  1763. 

8.  vi.     J  esse  Thrall,  b.  May  7,  1765. 

9.  vii.     Eliphaz  Thrall,  b.  June  23,  1767. 

10.  viii.     Worthy  Thrall,  b.  May  27,  1760. 

11.  ix.     Chauncy  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  6,  1772. 


GOOLEY  ARMS 


1006.]  Thrall.  171 

x.  Mary  Thrall  (Polly),  b.  1776,  d.  July  26,  1840,  aged  64.  She  m. 
(1)  Solomon  Mead,  who  d.  in  1S27.  They  bad  seven  children, 
Helon,  Mary,  Lucy,  Hiram,  and  two  others.  They  lived  in 
Cornwall,  Vt.,  until  about  1817,  and  after  that  in  Royalton, 
near  Lockport,  Iff.  Y.  After  Mr.  Mead's  death  she  in.  (2)  Paul 
Sawyer. 

xi.    James  Thrall,  d.  young. 

6.  Samuel6  Thrall,  Jr.  (Samuel*  and  Lucy  Winchell,  John* 
John?  Timothy?  William1),  b.  Aug.  31,  1760,  d.  May  8, 1815.  He 
was  of  the  Licking  Land  Co.,  and  his  was  one  of  the  fifty  fam- 
ilies that  removed  from  Granville  to  Ohio  in  1805.  He  was  a 
farmer,  an  industrious  and  respectable  citizen.  He  had  been  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

He  m.  Triphosa  Cooley,*  sister  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Timothy 
Cooley,  for  more  than  sixty  years  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Granville,  Mass.  She  d.  in  1811  and  was  buried  by 
the  side  of  her  son  William  Cooley  Thrall,  near  Osceola,  Ind. 
Their  children  were  : 

James  Thrall. 

Aurelius  Thrall. 

Samuel  Thrall. 

Cotton  Mather  Thrall. 

Alexander  Thrall,  b.  Nov.  17,  1794. 

William  Cooley  Thrall,  b.  Sept.  11,  1797. 

Timothy  Lyman  Thrall,  b.  1800, 

Sarah  Thrall;  m.  George  Goodrich., 

Mary  Ann  Thrall;  m.  George  P.  Dean  of  New  York  City;  lived 
at  Bellevue.     She  had  a  dau.  who  m.  a  Mr.  Johnson,  and  their 
dau.,  Samantha  Johnson,  graduated  at  O.  W.  U.  and  m.  and 
lived  at  Clyde,  O. 
x.     Abbie  Thrall;  m.  (1)  George  Plumb  of  Berkshire,  O.,  and  after 
his  death  m.   (2)   Ira  Wood.      They  lived  on  the  Vermillion 
River  in  northern  Ohio.     She  had  sons,  Henry  and  George 
Plumb,  and  several  children  by  the  second  marriage. 
xi.    Lucy  Thrall;  m.  Azel  Mead  of  Granville,  O.,  and  moved  to  St. 
Joseph  Co.,  Ind.     Her  oldest  son,  Lucien  Mead,  m.  Elizabeth 
Gibbs  at  South  Bend,  Ind.     She  had  a  son  Joseph,  and  a  dau. 
Abbie,  who  ra.  George  Hillyer  and  lived  on  the  Vermillion 
River, 
xii.     Barbara  Thrall,  who  d.  at  the  age  of  11  vears. 


12. 

i. 

13. 

ii. 

14. 

iii. 

15. 

iv. 

16. 

v. 

17. 

vi. 

18. 

vii. 

viii. 

ix. 

*  Triphosa  Cooley  was  descended  from  Benjamin  Cooley  b.  in  Rutland,  England,  and 
came  to  America  before  1630.  His  third  son  Daniel  Cooley,  b.  1651,  m.  Eliza  Wokott.  Their 
son  Daniel  Cooley  was  b.  1683.  Hi*  descendant,  William  Cooley,  b.  17:>0.  d.  Apr.  14,  1*25, 
was  a  Captain  in  the  Continental  army  and  had  pare  in  the  battles  6(  Tieondem^a  and 
White  Plains.  He  m.  Sarah  Mather.  They  were  the  parents  of  Triphosa  and  Rev.  Timothy 
Mather  Cooley. 

Sarah  Mather  was  descended  from  Thomas  Mather  of  Low  ton,  Winwicfc  Parish.  Lan- 
cashire, Eu.eland.  His  son  Richard,  b.  in  15%,  came  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  in  1635,  and  d, 
there  Apr.  22,  1669.  Timothy  Mather,  son  of  the  preceding,  d.  in  Dorchester,  Jan.  11,  16S4. 
was  father  ot  the  Rev.  Satnuel  Mather,  b.  July  5,  165u,  d.  in  Windsor,  Conn..  Mar.  18.  17J7, 
who  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1671  and  m."  Hannah,  dau.  of  (iov.  Robert  Treat  of  Con- 
necticut, and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Vale. 

Hi^  son,  Dr.  sa.ip.ncl  Mather,  b.  1077.  d.  Feb.  6, 177ii,  graduated  from  Harvard  1C93.  was 
the  father  of  Timothy  .Mather  b.  Apr.  L.':J,  1701,  d.  Apr.  3,  \lbl,  who  was  the  father  of  Sarah 
Mather  Cooley. 


■ 
172  ThralL  [April, 

7.  Aaron*  Thrall  {Samuel"  and  Lucy  Winchell,  John?  John* 
Timothy?  William"),  b.  Jan.  25,  1763,  d.  June  7,  1810.  He  m; 
Olive  Loveland,  b.  May  5,  1768,  d.  Apr.  28,  1857.  After  Mr. 
Thrall's  death  she  m.  Capt.  William  Mead,  who  was  the  first 
white  child  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt.  He  d.  Nov.  24, 1854.  Both  fam- 
ilies moved  from  Vermont  to  Granville,  O.,  in  1815.  Aaron 
Thrall  had  one  dau.  and  five  sons : 

i.    Rosetta  Thrall,  d.  Aug.  10,  1867,  aged  77;  m.  William  Paige, 
who  d.  Sept.  6, 1834,  aged  49. 

19.  ii.    Anson  R.  Thkall,  d.  about  1851. 

20.  iii,    Linus  G.  Thrall,  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt., ,  d.  Alexandria, 

O.,  Oct.  6, ,  aged  85  y.  4  m.  15  d.      He  was  present  at  the 

battle  of  Plattsburg.     He  m.  Nov.  22,  1823,  Lucy  Wolcott,  who 
d.  Mar.  12,  1866.    He  lived  in  Granville  till  1833  and  from  then 
in  Alexandria.    He  was  a  Universalist,  honest,  benevolent  and 
respected.     He  bad  nine  children. 
iv.     Aaron  Thrall,  d.  1820.     No  family. 

21.  v.     Homer  L.  Thrall  ;  a  learned  and  accomplished  physician,  but.  of 

eccentric  habits  and  peculiar  manners  and  modes  of  thought. 
Professor  of  Chemistry  at  Kenyon  College,  and  then  from 
•  1855-56  at  the  Starling  Medical  College.  After  some  years  of 
general  practice  in  Columbus  he  went  West  and  d.  there.  He 
was  unmarried. 

22.  vi.     Orlando  M.  Thrall. 

8.  Jesse6  Thrall  (Samuel5  and  Lucy  Winchll,  John?  John,1 
Timothy?  William1),  b.  May  7,  1765,  d.  in  Circleville,  O.,  Dec. 
16,  1843.  He  settled  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  in  1791.  He  m,  Jan.  13, 
1791,  Mabel,  dau.  of  Justus  and  Deborah  Rose  of  Granville, 
Mass.  She  was  b.  in  Granville,  Mass.,  Jan.  13,  1708,  d.  at  Gran- 
ville, O.,  Dec.  17,  1834.  In  1819  they  removed  to  Ohio.  Their 
children  were : 

i.    Luther  Thrall,  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  Apr.  2,  1792;  m.  May  19, 

1824,  Laura  Chipman.     He  was  a  farmer  in  Rutland,  Vt.;  d.  in 

.   Pouitney,  Vt.,  Oct.  26,  1878.    He  was  a  volunteer  at  Plattsburg 

1814.     He  had  three  children  : 

I.    Stephen  C.  Thrall,  a  clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  D.  D.  from 

College  in  1SG1 ;  m.  Mary  Van  Lien. 
II.    Reuben  R.  Thrall,  a  farmer  in  Pouitney. 
III.    Jesse  Thrall,  d.  young. 

23.  ii.    Walter  B.  Thrall. 
iii.    Reuben  R.  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  5,  1795 ;  m.  July  14,  1829,  Elizabeth 

H.  Gove,  who  d.  Sept.  17,  1849.     He  was  an  attorney-at-law  in 
Rutland,  Vt.    Their  children  were: 

I.    Ellen  K.  Thrall  (an  adopted  dau.) ;  m.  and  lived  near  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. ;  d. 
II.    Charlotte  Thrall;  m.  Oct.  31, 1S50,  Frederick  Chaffee,  a  merchant 
of  Rutland.;  d.  there. 

III.  Annette  Thrall,  d.  young. 

IV.  Jane  E.  Thrall,  b.  May  23,1840;  m.  1863,  Kev.  Edward  H.  Randall 

(Enis.),  of  Pouitney,  Vt.    Sons,  Dr.  Edward  G.  Randull  of  Water- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  and  George  Randall,  Cleveland. 
V.    Frances  L.  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  6,  1843:  m.  Oct.  31,  1871,  Col.  William  R 
Gibson,  U.  S.  A.,  d.  in  Sau  Antonio,  Tex. 


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VI.    Clara  L.  Thrall,  d.  young. 
VII.    Henry  B.  Thrall,  d.  young. 

VIII.  William  Thrall  ;  a  Lieutenant  in  the  army  in  1862 ;  m.  and  lived  in 
Rutland;  d.  1900. 
IX.  George  Thkall,  b.  Feb.  24,  1836:  m.  Oct.  4.  ISf.fi,  Jessie  Clarkson. 
Hotel  keeper  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Mobile,  Ala., 
and  Omaha,  Neb.:  manufacturer,  Detroit,  Mich.,  since  1882.  Chil- 
dren, Frederick  Chafl'ee  Thrall,  Elyria,  O.:  George  Clarkson  Thrall, 
Detroit,  Mich. 

24.  iv.    William  B  Thrall. 

v.  Charlotte  Thrall,  b.  in  Castleton,  Vt.',  May  27, 1800 ;  m.  Feb.  11, 
1821,  Guy  W.  Doan,  an  attorney  of  Circleville,  O.,  who  d.  Feb. 
4, 1862.  He  was  b.  in  New  Milford,  Conn.,  graduated  at  Union 
College,  went  to  Circleville  in  1816,  and  represented  Pickaway 
Co.  in  the  Ohio  Legislature  one  term.    Their  children  were : 

I.    George  W.  Doan  ;  m.  Emily  R.  Greenhowe.    He  became  an  attorney 

and  settled  in  Omaha,  Neb. 
II.    Harriet  M.  Doan  ;  in  Samuel  A.  Moore  of  Circleville,  O.    She  had 
children,  Howard,  Mabel  Rose  aud  Walling  Moore. 

III.  Cornelia  Doan;  m.  John  Hanna  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  an  active  busi- 

ness man,  a  printer. 

IV.  Noble  T.  Doan,  a  printer;  lived  in  Missouri ;  m.  Mary  A.  Berry. 

V.    Clement  Doan,  a  printer  and  editor  of  Jasper,  Dubois  Co.,  Ind.    He 
M.  Rachel  Edmondson. 

9.  Eliphaz6  Thrall  (Samuel5  and  Lucy  Winchell,  John? 
John,1  Timothy?  William1),  b.  June  23,  1767,  d.  Mar.  19,  1834. 
He  m.  Mary  E.  (Polly)  Mead,  who  d.  Mar.  4,  1841,  aged  67 
yrs.  They  lived  in  Underhill,  Vt.,  and  all  except  Orilla  moved 
to  Granville,  O.     They  had  seven  sons  and  three  daus. : 

25.  i.    Joel  Thrall  (Dr.),  d.  Jan.  26,  1827,  aged  34;  buried  in  Gran- 

ville, O. 
ii.    Oliver  Thrall,  d.  near  Mt.  Carrael,  111.,  leaving  five  children. 
iii.    Lyman  Thrall,  d.  before  1860  near  Mt.  Carmel,  111.,  leaving  four 
children. 
Eliphaz  Thrall. 
Benjamin  F.  Thrall. 

Aaron  Thrall,  M.  D.,  d.  near  Mt.  Carmel,  111.,  leaving  five  chil- 
dren. 

"Worthy  Thrall,  d.  near  Mt.  Carmel,  111.,  leaving  four  children. 
Orilla  Thrall,  m.  Johnson  Brown  of  Underhill,  Vt.    Had  four 
children. 
ix.    Mary  Thrall;  m.  Rev.  Thomas  Parker  of  Licking  Co.,  0.    Had 

nine  children. 
x.    Caroline  Thrall;  m.  Samuel  Cooper;  d.  near  Mt.  Carmel,  111. 
Had  four  children. 

10.  Worthy6  Thrall  (Samuel5  and  Lucy  Winchell,  John? 
John,3  Timothy:  William1),  b.  May  27,  1769,  d.  July  6,  1816  ;  m. 
Sarah  Phelps.     They  had  eight  children  : 

i.    Sally  Thrall  ;  m.  Arthur  Griswold,  and  in  1859  was  a  widow 

living  in  Windsor. 
ii.    Friend  Thrall,  with  his  wife  and  child,  was  lost  on  Lake  Erie 

about  1830  while  emigrating  to  the  West. 
iii.    Harvey  Thrall. 
iv.     Deborah  Thrall. 


26. 

iv. 

27. 

v. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 

174  Thrall.  [April, 

v.  Lucy  Thrall. 

vi.  Lewis  Thrall. 

vii.  Leicester  Thrall. 

viii.  Minerva  Thrall. 

[Report  says  that  four  of  this  family  in  1850  were  living  near  Tonawarda 
Creek  in  western  New  York.] 

11.  Chauncy6  Thrall  (Samuel5  and  Lucy  Winchell,  John? 
John,3  Timothy;  William1),  b.  Dec.  6,  1772,  d.  Apr.  4,  1841,  in 
West  Rutland,  Vt.  ;  m.  Polly  Chipman,  who  d.  a  few  years 
before  her  husband.  He  was  a  Representative  in  the  Vermont 
Legislature  and  spent  most  of  his  life  in  public  employment. 
They  had  three  sons  and  three  daus.  : 

i.    Jonathan  C.  Thrall,  d.  in  Rutland  in  1852;  an  Episcopalian  and 

influential  man. 
ii.     Chauncy  Thrall  ;  lived  in  West  Rutland,  Vt. 
iii.    Samuel  R.  Thrall;  a  clergyman  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 

Illinois. 
iv.     Lurena  Thrall  ;  m.  Henry  Hewett. 
v.    Theodosia  Thrall;  m.  Judson  Gorham. 
vi.     Mary  Thrall  ;  m.  Jacob  Bailey. 

12.  James7  Thrall  (Samuel*  and  Triphosa  Cooley,  Samuel? 

John?  John?   Timothy?   William1),   b.   in   Granville,  Mass.  ;    m. 

Charlotte  Kilbourne.     Their  children  were  : 

i.  Almira  Thrall;  m.  Samuel  Leonard.  Her  only  child,  a  son,  d. 
in  youth. 

ii.  William  Kilbourne  Thrall,  b.  Oct.  14,  1S09,  d.  July  17,  1889; 
m.  Jan.  12,  1831,  Phoebe  Thurston.  She  was  b.  Apr.  14,  1814, 
d.  Oct.  14,  1887.  Lived  in  Kilbourne,  Delaware  Co.,  0.  Their 
only  child  who  lived  was : 

I.    Octavia  Bkrnice  Thrall,  b.  Apr.  25, 184.1 ;  m.  Nov.  19, 1863,  Tildeu  S. 
Scott.    Her  children  were: 

1.  Harry  Scott  of  Kilbourne,  O.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1S65:  m.  Juno  ~5. 

ISbS,  Nolly  Lavetla  Bowers.    Children,  Hazel  Scott,  b.  Mar. 

12,  1889;  Donald  Scott,  b.  Jan.  21,  lfc92;  Grace  Scott,  b.  Feb. 

13,  1898. 

2.  William  Scott,  Kilbourne,  O..  b.  Oct.  9,  1SG9  ;  unm. 

3.  Lillian  Scott,  b.  Nov.  9,  1S73 ;  in.  July  9, 1902,  Harry  Hippie. 

of  Delaware,  O.    No  children. 

iii.  Charlotte  Corinthe  Thrall,  b.  July  3,  1812.  d.  Apr.  1,  1878;  m. 
Sept.  3,  1831,  Orsamus  Daniel  Hough,  b.  Oct.  23,  1S0S,  d.  Oct. 
10,  1891.    Their  children  were: 

I.    Clara  Elmira  Hough,  b.  July  5, 1832;  m.  Aug.  31,  1856,  Otho  Henry 
Williams,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Delaware,  O.    Children: 

1.  Carrie  Addf.lla  Williams,  b.  July  16,  1S57;  m.  Nov.  23, 1SSI, 

Leonard  L.  Dcnaison,  a  manufacturer  at  Delaware,  0.  Th<  y 
have  children:  Charles  Williams  Dennison,  b.  June  25,  D":- 
Clara  Anna  Denniaon,  b.  Mar.  14, 1S85 ;  Lonnis  Dennison.  b. 
Feb.  17,  1SS4. 

2.  Harry  Ohio  Williams,  b.  Apr.  9, 1861,  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Florence  Nightingale  Williams,  b.  Oct.  1,1868;  m.  Nov.  30. 

1SS7,  Walter  Samuel  Pollock  of  Delaware.  O.  Children:  Olive 
Louise  Pollock,  1>.  Jan.  -'3. 1^89 ;  oiho  Arthur  Polloek,  b.  Feb. 
IS.  1890;  Hough  Pollock,  1).  June  4,  1802:  Caroline  Pollock,  b. 
Mar.  19,1894;  Joseph  Williams  Pollock,  b.  May  7.  1896,  d. 
Sept.  27,  1SJ9;  Eurnest  Edwin  Pollock,  b.  July  17, 1903. 
II.    William  Kilkocune  Hough,  b.  Mar.  2;{,  1834,  d.  Sept.  12, 1834. 


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in.    Leonard  Samuel  TTough,  b.  Aug.  3, 1835,  d.  Apr.  8,  1S79 ;  m.  Oct.  19, 
1870,  Mary  Linn,  b.  Nov.  12, 1845,  d.  Sept.  1, 1900.    Children : 

1.  Clara  Hough,  b.  in  1874,  d.  aged  8. 

2.  Benson  Walker  Hough,  b.  Mar.,  1S75  ;  m.  June  25, 1902,  Edith 

B.  Markell.  b.  Feb.  lu,  1S79.    He  is  an  attorney  in  Delaware. 

3.  Leonard  T.  Hough,  b.  July  33,  1879;  a  farmer  and  stockman 

of  Delaware,  O. :  uum. 
IV.    Charlotte  A.  Hough,  b.  Mar.  if,  1838 ;  m.  Oct.  15, 18G3,  Benjamin  B. 
Walker,  b.  Jan.  28, 1835,  d.  Oct.  27,  1878.    Her  only  child  was  koland 
Hough  Walker,  b.  Dec.  19,  1805;  is  a  minister  of  the  M.  E.  Church, 
and  Professor  of  Bible  Literature  in  O.  W.  U.,  Delaware,  O. 

13.  Aurelius7  Thrall  {Samuel 6  and  Triphosa  Cooley,  Sam- 
uel? John?  John?  Timothy?  William1))  m.  Katharine  Mizer.  Had 
five  children.  Was  killed  in  his  stone  quarry  near  Newark  by 
a  falling  mass  of  stone. 

14.  Samuel7  Thrall  {Samuel*  and  Triphosa  Cooley,  Sam- 
uel? John?  John?  Timothy?  William1);  m.  Mehalia .     Had 

five  children.     He  was  killed  by  a  kick  from  a  horse,  Feb,  10, 
1830. 

15.  Cotton  Mather7  Thrall  {Samuel*  and  Triphosa  Cooley, 
Samuel?  John?  John?  Timothy?  William}) ;  m.  Sarah  Jones.  Had 
a  large  family  and  lived  at  Eden,  Delaware  Co.  His  death 
was  in  1850,  caused  by  a  fall. 

16.  Alexander7  Thrall  {Samuel*  and  Triphosa  Cooley, 
Samuel?  John?  John?  Timothy?  William1),  b.  in  Granville,  Mass., 
Nov.  17,  1794,  d.  June  5,  1865  ;  m.  (1)  Roxana,  dau.  of  Maj. 
Jonathan  and  Mary  Atwood  of  Granville,  O.  She  d,  Apr.  17, 
1827,  aged  27.     Children  : 

l.  Roxana  Louisa  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  14,  1822,  in  Granville,  0..  d.  May 
9,  1890,  at  Martinez,  Cal.  ;  m.  Apr.  22,  1844,  Charles  Sherman, 
in  Berkshire,  b.  Apr.  18, 1822,  son  of  David  and  Sarah  (Cables) 
Sherman.  He  d.  in  San  Francisco,  Cal,  May  25, 1SS4.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  George  Atwood  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  IS.  1845,  in  Berkshire,  0. ;  ni.  Apr. 
3,  1872.  Elnora  Eveline,  dau.  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Lois  Louisa 
(Randall)  McAdow  [her  parents  were  James  and  Charlotte  (lvil- 
bourne)  Randall],  b.  in  Eden,  July  26,  1849.    Children: 

1.  Raymond  Hough  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  31,  1S72,  in  Martinez,  Cal. : 

m.  in  San  Francisco,  Jan.  1,  1903,  Edn  J.,  dau.  of  Joseph  H.  and 
Ida  Moody.   Has  child.  Eda  J.,  b.  in  Yokohama,  Aug.  30,1905. 

2.  Lottie  Lois  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  3, 18S0. 

3.  Charles  Roland  Sherman,  b.  May  30, 1875,  in  Martinez,  Cal., 

d.  Nov.  4,  1877. 

4.  Grosvenor  Atwood  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  16;  1SS3. 

5.  Emily  Elnora  Sherman,  b.  July  2G,  1888. 

II.  Mary  Emily  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  28, 1816.  at  Berkshire,  O. ;  m.  Oct.  20, 
18(54,  in  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mts.  50  mile*  above  Plaeerville.  to  Kirk 
White  Taylor,  son  of  William  and  Delia  (Hooker)  Taylor,  b.  in 
Oct.,  1830,  d.  Dee.  31,  1883.     Children  : 

1.  Marion  Belle  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  30, 1SG6 ,  m.  Apr.  3, 1S99,  Reuben 

Leonard  Ulsh,  son  of  Reuben  and  Margaret  (Millei)  Dish.  b. 
in  Pa.,  Oct.  31, 1863.  Children :  Emily  Jane  Ulsh.b.  June  17, 
1901  ;  Dorothea  Marion  Ulsh,  b.  Apr.  16,  1903  ;  Margaret  Ulsh, 
b.  Dec.  25,  1901,  d.  Jan.  9,  1905. 

2.  Ida  Roxie  Taylor,  b.  July  13, 1874,  d.  Nov.  21,  1877. 

3.  EMn/Y  Marcta  Taylor,  b-  July  14,  1S79. 

III.    Charles  Henry  Sherman,  b.  in  Eden,  Delaware  Co.  O.,  May  11, 1841, 
d.  Aug.  9,  1817. 


176  Thrall.  [April. 

IV.  Ella  Imogens  Sherman,  b.  Eden,  0.,  May  81, 1848;  m.  Julv  12.  I*-- 
in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  George,  son  of  John  Cushing  and  kHeLkj  -i' 
(Wright)  Stone.    Children: 

1.  Frances  Stone,  b.  July  22, 1876,  in  Oakland,  Cal. 

2.  John  Cushing  Stone,  b.  Oct.  4, 1877,  in  Benicia  ;  m.  Ethel  ){ 

Woodbridge,  June  £0.  1902,  in  Stockton.    Child,  Elnora  Mr 
b.  Oct.  25,  1903. 
8.    Catherine  Stone,  b.  in  Rutland,  Sept.  3, 1882 ;  m.  Sept.  8,  l<«o< 
Robert  Sibley. 

V.  Frances  Annette  Sherman,  b.  Berkshire,  O.,  Dec.  23, 1849;  m.  Jan.  l 
1872,  in  Martinez,  Cal.,  Alonzo  Russell,  son  of  John  and  Anna  b&x.? 
Guppy.    Children: 

1.  Roy  Thrall  Guppy,  b.  Dec.  21, 1872 ;  m.  Jan.  3, 1900,  Margaret 

Shearer  of  Oakland. 

2.  Ella  Aileen  Guppy,  b.  July  SO,  1874,  at  Martinez,  Cal. 

3.  Richard  Sherman  Guppy,  b.  Sept.  7, 1876;  m.  at  Portland,  Ore 

July  9, 1903,  Grace  Misb. 

4.  George  Russell  Guppy,  b.  June  30, 1878,  at  Martinez,  Cal. 
VI.    Sakah  Louise  Sherman,  b.  Berkshire,  O.,  July  16, 1851 ;  m.  in  Marti* 

nez.  Cal.,  May  9,  1869,  William,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Jeffries) 
Girven.  b.  in  N.  Y.,  Sept.  5, 1827,  d.  in  Oakland,  Cal..  Dec.  9,  U»l. 
Children: 

1.  Charles  Sherman  Girven,  b.  Antioch,  Oct.  22, 1890;  m.  Sept. 

29, 1904,  Gertrude  Maydewell. 

2.  Percy  Girven,  b.  Nov.  1, 1874,  d.  Nov.  17, 1877. 

3.  Ella  Ednah  Sherman  Girven,  b.  June  28, 1879. 
VII.    Julia  Eliza  Sherman,  b.  Berkshire,  O.,  Dec.  27. 1852 ;  num. 

ii.    Alexander  Thrall. 

He  m.  (2)  Sept.  28, 1840,  Sarah  (Thurston)  Thrall,  widow  of 
his  brother  Timothy  Lyman.  She  d.  Nov.  10,  1896,  in  Xenia, 
O.     Children : 

iii.    Edwin  Thrall  ;  drowned  when  a  child. 

iv.  Homer  H.  Thrall;  b.  Jan.  9, 1846;  m.  Jan.  9, 1871,  Anna  E.  Hart- 
well.  He  enlisted  in  Nov.,  1863,  in  Co.  I,  32d  O.  V.  I.,  and  was 
discharged  July  28,  1865.  He  is  a  druggist  in  Xenia,  0.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  Clara  H.  Thrall,  b.  Jan.  20, 1872;  m,  Apr.  15, 1896,  William  H.  Geb- 
hart.    Children: 

1.  Homer  Lee  Geehart,  b.  July  30, 1898. 

2.  Frederick  Donald  Gebhart,  b.  May  9, 1900. 

3.  George  Gebhart,  b.  Nov.  8, 1902. 

II.    Mary  T.  Thrall,  b.  Nov.  16, 1878;  m.  Feb.  6, 1903,  Samuel  Forsythe 
children : 

1.  Emma  Fredericks  Forsythe,  b.  Sept.  5, 1904. 

2.  Ann  Forsythe,  b.  Apr.  1, 1906. 
III.    Arthur  Thrall. 

17.  William  Cooley7  Thrall  (Samuel*  and  Triphosa  Coo- 
ley,  Samuel,5  John?  John?  Timothy?  William1),  b.  in  Granville, 
Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1797  ;  m.  Mary  Chase,  dau.  of  George  W.  and 
Hannah  Jane  (Banks)  West,  in  Granville,  O.,  June  8,  1823. 
She  was  b.  in  Thomaston,  Me.,  Sept.  9,  1803,  d.  Oct.  11,  1847  ; 
is  buried  near  Osceola,  Ind.  She  possessed  remarkable  beauty 
and  ladylike  manners,  and  early  became  a  devoted  Christian. 
Her  genealogy  dates  from  the  landing  of  Aquilla  Chase  ami 
settlement  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1600.  William  Cooley  Thrall 
moved  from  Granville,  O.,  in  1831.  He  with  his  father-in-law 
purchasad    1,000   acres  of   land  in   Laporte  Co,,   Ind.,  where 


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Laporte  City  now  is.  His  temperament  and  religious  life  was, 
in  a  remarkable  degree,  like  his  ancestors,  the  Cooleys  and 
Mathers.  He,  too,  was  the  farmer  preacher.  His  work  was  to 
help  all  who  needed,  as  far  as  he  could.  At  his  funeral  a  large 
number  of  young  men  wearing  badges  of  mourning,  following 
him  to  his  grave,  expressing  sorrow  at  loss  to  the  world  of  the 
young  men's  friend.  He  was  the  first  superintendent  of  his 
church  Sabbath  School,  continuing  all  the  years  until  his  death. 
He  lived  to  do  good  and  that  continually  until  the  end  came. 
The  children  of  William  Cooley  and  Mary  Chase  Thrall  were  : 
i.  Mary  Eltiha  Thrall,  b.  Sept.  15,  1826,  d.  Dec.  27,  1827. 
ii.  Hugh  Thrall,  b.  Sept.  13,  1830,  d.  when  1  month  old. 
iii.  Elvira  Abbie  Thrall,  b.  in  Laporte.  Ind.,  May  4,  1834;  m.  Feb. 
14,  1861,  at  the  home  of  her  uncle,  Hugh  M.  Blanchard  of 
Granville,  0.  (Rev.  Jacob  Little  officiating  at  the  service),  to 
Marshall  Smith  of  Sunbury,  0.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  Oct. 
8, 1900,  he  was  president  and  director  of  the  Bank  of  Wester- 
ville.  He  had  been  a  merchant  and  owner  of  several  farms  at 
Sunbury,  0.,  for  many  years.    Their  four  sons  are: 

I.    Emery  J.  Smith,  b.  Jan.  16, 1862.     He  was  educated  at  O.  W.  U.,  Dela- 
i  ware,  O.;  m.  Hannah  Jane  Hardy,  June  2.  1886  ;  her  uncle,  Rev.  J. 

**»  V.  K.  Seeley,  read  the  service.    She  was  b,  Jan.  7.  1862;  was  educa- 
ted at  Shepardson  College.  Granville,  O.    Their  children  are : 

1.  Joy  Haedy  Smith,        k     .       R  1RSQ 

2.  Elvira  Thrall  Smith,  J  D-  APr'  a» 18bJ* 

3.  Wayland  Marshall  Smith,  b.  July  4,  1891. 

4.  Niles  Emery  Smith,  b.  Feb.  5,  1895. 

5.  Donald  Hugh  Smith,  b.  Nov.  12, 1896. 

6.  Ernestine  Jane  Smith,  b.  July  20, 1900. 

7.  Marshall  Black  Smith,  b.  Nov.  29, 1901. 
II.    Hugh  Elviraen  Smith,  b.  Aug.  6, 1863  ;  m.  Ina  Gunter  fa  former  stu- 
dent of  Shepardson  College ),  at  the  home  of  her  father  in  Koscius- 
ko Co.,  Ind.,  Ang.  15, 18i«.     She  was  b.  near  Oswego,  Ind.,  Apr.  12, 
1864.    Their  Children  are : 

1.  Lois  Elvira  Smith,  b.  in  Sunbury,  0.,  Oct.  9,  1891. 

2.  Paul  Aldkn  Smith,  b.  Mar.  1, 1895,  in  Columbus.  O. 

3.  Lloyd  Ovid  Smith,  b.  July  25, 1899,  in  Columbus,  O. 

III.  William  Abbott  Smith,  b.  May  29. 1867 ;  m.  Weltha  Pinney  (educated 
at  Olterbem  University),  at  the  home  of  her  father,  Mr:  Perry  Pin- 
ney, near  Westerville,  O.,  Feb.  4,  1897,  Key.  T.  H.  Kohr  oiilciating. 
Their  children  are: 

i     1,    Marion  Elvira  Smith,  b.  Oct.  13. 1897. 

2.  Mildred  Clakinda  Smith,  b.  in  Westerville,  Mar.  15. 1899. 

3.  Elinor  Pinney  Smith,  b.  in  Columbus,  O.,  June  2, 1900. 

4.  Dorothy  Holmes  Smith,  b.  Apr.  13,  1902. 

IV.  Marshall  A.  Smith,  b.  May  23, 1S69:  m.  Cora  May.  only  dan.  of  New- 
ton Smith  of  Columbus,  Oct.  16, 1893,  Rev.  N.  C.'Helfrick  oliiciating. 
Their  children  are : 

1.  Harold  Albert  Smith,  b.  in  Sunbury,  0.,  July  24, 1894. 

2.  Hurtiia  Marcia  Smith,  b.  Jan.  6,  1S98,  in  Westerville,  O. 

3.  Marjorie  Elvira  Smith,  b.  Dec.  26, 1899,  in  Westerville,  O. 

4.  Adriennie  I.unett  Smith,  b.  July  21, 1901. 
IV.     George  W.  Thrall,  b.  in  Osceola,  Ind.,  July  30,  1836,  d.  at  Union 

City,  Mich.,  Nov.  IS,  18U0  ;  m.  Emma  Travis  in- 1855).  At  his 
death  she  refused  to  be  comforted  and  d.  in  a  year  afterward. 
Their  children  were  : 

I.  William  Frank  Thrall,  who  was  in  mercantile  business  at  the  lime 
of  his  death,  July  6,  1884. 

II.    Minnie  Maud  Thrall;  m.  Mr.  Acton;  d.  1S84. 


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18.     Timothy  Lyman7  Thrall  (Samuel6  and  Triphosa  Coolcy, 

Samuel*  John*  Jolm?  Ti?nothy?  William1),  b.  in  Granville,  Mass., 

in  1800,  d.  in  Berkshire,  O.,  Aug.,.  1838  ;  m.  Jan.  26, 1826,  Sarah 

Thurston,  b.  in  Peru,  N.  Y.,  Mar.,  1809,   d.  Nov.  10.  1800,  in 

Xenia,  O.     Their  children  were  :* 

i.  Fidelia  A.  Thrall,  b.  Oct.  17,  1820,  d.  Apr.  5,  1893;  m.  Apr.  22, 
1844,  Jefferson  Pennev  Maynard,  b.  in  Worthington,  O.,  Jan 
19,  1819,  d.  Sept.  13,  1899.     Children : 

I,  Emma  A.  Mayn&RD,  b.  in  Republic,  O.,  June  23. 1845 ;  m.  Oct.  15. 1807, 
Gilbert  Corwin  Hoover,  son  of  Isaac  M.  and  Sylvia  Pond  Hoover.  i>! 
in  Granville,  O.,  Oct.  28, 1810,  d.  in  Columbus,  June  5, 1901.  Their 
only  child  was : 

1.  Fred  Maynard  Hoover,  b.  in  Dennison,  O..  Oct.  31, 1868;  m. 
Sept.  17, 1890,  Eliza  Florence,  dau.  of  Josiah  Kinnear, Colum- 
bus O.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1S68.  Their  child  is  Gilbert  Corwin  Hoo- 
ver, b.  July  25,  1904- 

II.    Horace  Jefferson  Maynard,  b.  Sept.  3, 18-17 ;  m.  Mar.  28, 1872,  Mar- 
garet Patterson,  b.  July  30, 1851.    Children  : 

1.  Jean  Campbell  Maynard,  b.  July  28, 1874,  d.  same  day. 

2.  William  Gilbert  Maynard,  b.  Apr.  6, 1876,  d.  July  10, 1S79. 

3.  Emma  Darleen  Maynard,  b.  June  3,  1880,  d.  Feb.  22, 18S5. 

4.  Florence  Alda  Maynard.  b.  Sept.  3, 1882 ;  m.  Feb.  28, 19C5,  J. 

Eiwood  Bulen  of  Columbus. 

III.  Burns  L.  Maynard,  b.  June  5,  1850 ;  m.  June  6, 1872,  Susan  M.  Culver. 

b.  Apr.  23,  1852.    Children  : 

1.  Lena  Maynard,  b.  Mar.  10, 1S73 ;  m.  Oct.  20, 1897,  Geo.  Homer 

Barker.     Children,  Margaret  Maynard  Barker,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1898,  and  Burns  Maynard  Barker,  b.  Mar.  6,  1904. 

2.  Harry  Culver  Maynard,  b.  Oct.  21,  1880,  d.  May  2, 1SS6. 

IV,  Sarah  Dorcas  Maynard,  b.  1852;  m.  Oct.  17,  1S78,  W.  B.  Owen,  at 

Galena,  O.;  now  resides  in  Jacksonville.  111.    Children  : 

1.  Carl  Maynard  Owen,  b.  Aug.  17,  1870,  at  Galena,  O. 

2.  Leroy  Percival  Owen,  b.  in  1881. 

3.  Lois  Maynard  Owen.  b.  Feb.  2, 1886,  at  Tuscola,  111. 

4.  Susan  Pauline  Owen,  b.  Dec.  9, 1S89,  at  Edinburg,  Ind. 

5.  Edna  Owen,  b.  1900. 

6.  Horace  Owen,  d.  young. 

7.  Susan  Owen,  d.  young. 

V.  Cora  Amanda  Maynard,  b.  Oct.  23,  185D;  m.  Dec.  29,  1S81,  Elbert 
Hyde,  at  Galena,  O.:  resides  in  Columbus.    Children  : 

1.  Burns  Maynard  Hyde,  b.  July  29, 1884,  at  Creston,  O. 

2.  Gilbert  Person  Hyde,  b.  Xov.  4, 1892,  at  Columbus,  O. 

3.  Dorothy  Hyde,  b.  Jan.  12, 1S9S,  at  Columbus,  O. 
ii.    Elmir a  Thrall;  m.  Ross  Welch.    Children: 

I.  Frances  Welch  (Mrs.  nandon). 

II.  Bella  Welch  (Mrs.  Gauly). 

III.  Stella  Welch  (Mrs.  Hunkel). 

IV.  Homer  Welch. 
V.  Emma  Welch. 

VI.    Arthur  Welch. 
iii.    Wesley  Thrall,  d.  on  the  way  overland  to  California  in  1S4S. 
iv.    Frances  H.  Thrall;   m.  Jan.  1,  1S61,  Dr.  A.  H.  Brundage  of 
Xenia,  O.    Has  children: 
I.    Dr.  Lawrence  II.  Brundage. 
II.    Scota  Brundage. 
III.    Hermond  Brundage. 
v.    Timothy  Thrall;  m.  Jan.  1,  1861,  Amanda  Miller  of  Berkshire, 
O.;  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.     Has  children: 
I.    Carkie  Thrall. 
II.    Clarence  Thrall. 
III.    Luta  Thrall. 


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23.  Walter7  Thrall  (Jesse*'  and  Mabel  Rose,  Samuel? 
John*  John?  Timothy?  William1),  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt,  May  2r 
1794.  He  came  to  Ohio  in  1813,  having  already  served  as  Ser- 
jeant in  the  U.  S.  army.  In  1828  he  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Ohio 
Militia.  He  was  an  attorney-at-law  and  a  Mason.  He  became 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  1817.  He  was  Judge  of 
Probate  Court  in  Pickaway  County  in  1858  ;  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  in  1818  which  elected  Philander  Chase  first  Bishop 
of  Ohio,  and  a  member  of  the  convention  in  1851  which  elected 
Bishop  Mcllvaine,  and  in  1859  which  elected  Bishop  Bedell. 
lie  d.  Apr.  6,  1SS5,  in  Clinton  Tp.,  near  Columbus,  aged  91. 

He  m.  Apr.  18,  1820,  when  living  in  Circleville,  O.,  Harriet 
Mulliken,  who  d.  Apr.  7,  1882,  aged  84.  They  had  seven  chil- 
dren : 

i.    George  H.  Thrall,  d.  young. 

ii.  Reuben  Rope  Thrall,  b.  Sept.  23,  1823,  in  Circleville,  0.,  d.  Nov. 
17,  1896,  Iola,  Kan.;  m.  Aug.  18,  1853,  Calista  Matilda  Trum- 
bull, b.  Nov.  12,  1832,  d.  Apr.  5,  1877.     Children: 

I.    Alpha  Trumbull  Thrall,  b.  May  18. 1854.    Has  no  children. 
II.    Flon  Thrall,  d.  young. 

III.  Harriet  Ellen  Thrall,  b.  Nov.  24,  1S58;  m.  Sept.  8, 18S1,  Frederick 

B.  Sheldon.    Children: 

1.  Walter  Thrall  Sheldon,  b.  Oct.  2, 18S2. 

2.  Stephen  Sheldon,  b.  May  27,  1885. 

3.  Mary  Lees  Sheldon,  b.  June  6, 1887. 

4.  Ruth  Beaumont  Sheldon,  b.  Feb.  17, 1S91. 

5.  Harriet  Sheldon  Sheldon,  b.  Oct.  29, 1892. 

6.  Anne  Edith  Sheldon,  b.  June  23, 1896. 

7.  Frederick  Beaumont  Sheldon,  d.  iu  infancy. 

IV.  Martha  Lois  Thrall;  m.  Theodore  Strickland  of  Iola,  Kan.    Has 

four  children. 
V.    Cora  Thrall;  m.  John  J.  Daily.    No  children. 
VI.    Lucien  Leonard  Thrall;  m.  Abbie  Inness.    One  child. 
VII.    Mary  Melissa  Thrall;  unm. 

VIII.    Walter  Thkall  :  in.  Lola  Bee  Charm  Gkrvais,  June  1, 1904.    Have  son, 
Walter  Frederick  Thrall,  b.  Mar.  12,  1905. 

IX.    Charlotte  Thrall;  m. Trine.    Has  four  children. 

iii.  Lucian  G.  TnRALi..  b.  Nov.  18,  1825,  d.  Nov.  10,  1897.  Learned 
the  art  of  printing  in  the  office  of  the  Ohio  Mate  Journal.  He 
m.  Sept.  9,  1847,  Martha  Bristol.     Children: 

I.    Charles  F.  Thrall,  b.  Aug.  5.  1849;  m.  (1)  Harriet  Douglas  and  had 

dau.  Mabel ;  in.  (2i  the  widow  of  his  brother  Walter. 
II.    Walter  G.  Thrall,  b.  Nov.  20, 1852,  d.  1S&1 ;  ra.  Nannie  Byers.    Had 
son  Walter,  who  is  in.  and  has  son  Walter. 

III.  Hattie  Lttlie  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  19, 1S57,  d.  Fob.  14,  1859. 

IV.  Frank  R.  Thrall,  b.  Sept.  28, 1859  ;  m.  Millie  Dages.    Has  dau. 

V.    Adelp.ekt  Webster  Thkall.  b.  July  21,  ISC:};  m.  Annie  Hamon.    Has 
sons,  Henry  and  Luciau. 

iv.  George  E.  Thrall,  b.  in  Circleville,  0.,  .Apr.  23, 1829.  Graduated 
at  Kenyon  College,  1848;  Theological  Seminary,  Alexandria, 
Va.  Rector  of  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Brooklyn*  N.  Y.,  in  1862. 
He  m.  (1)  Thomasina  Cist,  and  had  one  dau.,  Minnie  Thrall; 
in.  (2)  Nov.  10,  1859,  Charlotte  Bostwick,  and  had  Son,  Edwin 
Thrall. 
v.     Charlotte  M.  Thrall,  d.  in  childhood. 


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vi.     Melissa  H.  Thrall,  b.  in  Granville,  0.,  May  28,  1835     m.  Jan. . 
1858,  Elizur  AVebster,  a  merchant  in  New  York  City.   Childr.  u 
I.    Frederick  H.  Webster;  m.  Eugenia  Butteriield  and  lias  children 
II.    George  A.  Webster;  m.  and  has  two  children. 

III.  William  Webster,  d.  1903.    Had  four  children. 

IV.  Hawley  Webster.    Has  one  child. 

vii.     Mary  Abigail  Thrall,  b.  in  Granville,  0.,  Dec.  24,  1839;  m.  ( >.  \ 

17,  1861,  Thomas  O.  Phinney,  son  of  Anson  Phinney.    He  i*  t 
farmer  near  Clintonville,  0.     Children  : 

I.  Frederick  Phinney. 

II.  Charles  Phinney.    Has  two  children. 

III.  Guy  Phinney.    Has  three  children. 

IV.  Mabel  Phinney'. 

24.  William  B.7  Thrall  (Jesse*  and  Mabel  Rose,  Samuel* 
John?  John?  Timothy?  William'),  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  June  '-, 
1798,  d.  in  Columbus,  O.,  June  7,  1873.  He  learned  the  art  oi 
printing  in  the  office  of  the  Rutland  Herald;  emigrated  to  Oh. 
in  1817,  and  at  twenty-one  became  editor  of  the  Olive  Branch 
at  Circleville,  which  as  the  Herald  and  Olive  Branch  he  edit;*-! 
for  twenty-five  years,  when  he  became  editor  and  part  owner 
of  the  Ohio  State  Journal  at  Columbus.  He  represented  Pick  i- 
way  Co.  in  the  Legislature  in  1837;  was  Mayor  of  Circleville, 
1831-8  ;  Associate  Justice,  1845  ;  head  of  one  of  the  bureaus  oi 
the  Treasury  Department,  1852-4;  Comptroller  of  the  State 
Treasury,  1858-02.  A  full  biography  of  him  will  be  found  on 
pages  218-226  of  the  History  of  Franklin  and  Pickaway  Co<= 

On  Aug.  6,  1822,  he  m.  (1)  Nancy  Graham,  who  d.  July  2ft, 
1823;  m.  (2)  Feb.  1,  1825,  Maria  Rockwell,  who  survived  him 
They  had  nine  children,  only  four  of  whom  reached  maturity  : 

i.    William  Rockwell  Thrall  ;  a  physician-surgeon  in  the  Crii;:-  w 

War,  1854-6  ;  in  the  Union  army,  1861-5.    He  m.  July  14,  i  s"  ■ 

Hannah  Galliger  of  Zanesville,  0. 

ii.    Caroline  Maria  Thrall,  b.  May  19,  1837;   m.  May  12,  IK  ' 

George  C.  Benham,  b.  at  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1836,  d.  Mar 

18,  1887.    Mr.  Benham'e  father  moved  to  Tiffin,  0.,  about  1*  • 
At  the  age  of  nine  years  the  boy  was  apprenticed  to  a  drug.:; -'■ 
and  in  the  intervals  of  business  and  during  the  hours  of  n'-'-' 
devoted  himself  to  study,  so  successfully  that  he  became 
intelligent  and  cultivated  man.     When  twenty  years  of  ago  • 
was  given  a  position  in  the  State  Treasury  Department  by  *  •  •  : 
W.  H.  Gibson,  State  Treasurer,  and  two  years  later  was  n:  > 
chief  clerk  under  the  new  Comptroller,  Mr.  W.  B.  Thrall.     I : 
was  a  continual  contributor  to  the  newspapers,  and  in  So] 
1861,   was  appointed   war  correspondent  for  the  New   ^ 
World,  and  in  November  for  the  Cincinnati   Gazette,  servis  ; 

both  papers  during  the  war.     In  Jan.,  1866,  he  sold  his  Hit'  • 
eets  in  Columbus  and  moved  to  Louisiana,  purchasing  a  y  ■>■■<'■•' 
tation,  "Elton,"  in  East  Carroll  Parish;  he  with  those  h ■■•  ; 
ested  in  the  company  proposing  to  raise  cotton.      He  was  aj 
pointed  postmaster  at  Lake  Providence,  and  published  a  Utl 
paper  called  the  Eltwi  Bugle,  becoming  a  leader  in  the  R<  I  "• 
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and  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Public  Works.  In  1880  he 
published  "A  Year  of  Wreck,"  an  account  of -his  attempt  to 
run  a  cotton  plantation  in  1806.  He  d.  at  "  Longwood,"  Ben- 
ham,  La.  His  body  was  interred  in  Green  Lawn  Cemetery, 
Columbus  O.     Their  children  were  : 

I.  William  George  Benham,  b.  Nov.  10, 18G0 ;  m.  Dec.  2, 1884,  Sara  Whit- 
sett  Church,  b.  Dec.  24, 1561.    Children : 

1.  William  George  Benham,  b.  Sept.  18, 18S5. 

2.  Emily  Church  Benham,  b.  July  19, 18S7.  , 

3.  Eugene  Thirlestam  Benham,  b.  Mar.  7, 1889. 

4.  Caroline  Thrall  Benham,  b.  Feb.  3, 1892. 
II.    Henry  Thrall  Benham,  b.  June  20, 1S64;  in.  Sept.  1, 1887,  Virginia 

McFarland.    Children: 

1.  James  McFarland  Benham,  b.  Oct.  18, 18S8. 

2.  Henry  Thrall  Benham,  b.  1896. 
III.    George  Chittenden  Benham,  b.  June  18, 1874 ;  num. 

iii.  Henry  Thrall.  Captain  at  22  years  of  age  in  the  battle  of  Bull 
Run  ;  on  staff  of  Gen.  Fremont. 

iv.  Theron  Russell  Thrall.  At  age  of  17  commanded  a  company 
called  to  guard  prisoners  at  Camp  Chase. 

26.     Eliphaz7  Thrall  (Eliphaz*  and  Mary  Mead,  Samuel; 

John?  John?  Timothy?  William1),  b.   in  Underhill,  Chittenden 

Co.,  Vt.,  Apr.  7,  1803,  d.  in  Hartford  Tp.,  Licking  Co.,  O.,  Apr. 

17,  1850.     He.  was  m.  Apr.  24,  1827,  by  the  Rev.  Jacob  Little, 

to  Julia  A.,  dau.  of  Eleazer  Nichols  of  Granville.     She  was  b. 

at  Westford,  Chittenden  Co.,  Vt.,  Feb.  22, 1807,  and  d.  Mar.  12, 

1879.     Their  children  were  : 

i.  Martha  N.  Thrall,  b.  Mar.  15, 1829 ;  m.  Dec.  22, 1863,  King  K. 
Hill  of  Croton,  0.  She  lives  in  Williamsburg,  Ky.,  with  her 
son.    Her  children  were : 

I.    Albert  S.  Hill.  b.  1864;  President  of  Highland  Normal  College,  Wil- 
liamsburg, Ky. 
II.    Lucy  A.  Hill,  b.  Jan.  14, 1965,  d.  Nov.  4, . 

III.  Frank  T.  Hill,  b.  Oct.  21.  1872;  a  farmer  near  Croton,  O.;  m.  Mary 
Pendleton  of  Pataskala,  O.    Has  a  dau. 

IV.  Nettie  Belle  Hill.  b.  Mar.  14, 1874,  d.  Apr.  28, 1877. 

ii.  Eleazer  Nichols  Thrall,  b.  in  Granville,  0.,  Nov.  4,  1830,  d. 
Dec.  21, 1S64.  He  m.  Sarah  Martindale  of  Johnstown,  O.,  who 
d.  in  Shadeville,  0.,  after  1900.  He  was  a  farmer  near  Croton. 
Children : 

I.    Mary  Thrall,  d.  when  about  20  years  old. 
II.    Della  Thrall;  resides  Shadeville,  O. 
III.    Eleazer  Thrall  ;  a  physician  in  Shadeville,  O. 

iii.  Harriet  Minerva  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  30,  1832,  at  Granville,  0.;  m. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Buell  of  Hartford  Tp.;  d.  Mar.  5,  1864.  He  lived 
near  Cincinnati,  0.     Children  : 

I.    Julia  Buell;  m.  Prof. Powell ;  lives  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa.   Had 

many  children. 

II.  Werster  Buell;  m.  and  lives  in  Iowa. 
in.    Fremont  Buell;  lived  in  Kansas. 

iv.  Aaron  Thrall,  b.  May  1,  1834,  in  Granville,  0.,  d.  in  the  Union 
army  at  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  Mar.  11,  1863;  unm. 

v.  Charlotte  Thrall,  b.  Feb.  23, 1836,  d.  Jan.  15,  1872 ;  m.  Sept.  16, 
1853,  Abram  B.  Parish,  b.  Feb.  22, 1827,  d.  July  23, 1883.  Chil- 
dren : 


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I.  Alice  Parish,  b.  May  30, 1S5S:  m.  June  6,  1S78,  Ira  L.  Hartman.    CI 
drcn : 

1.  Charles  C.  Hartman,  b.  Mar.  8, 1881 ;  m.  June  11, 1905,  Mun.,< 
Turner. 

2.  IVY  P.  Hartman,  b.  Aug.  29,  1882,  d.  Mar.  16, 18S3. 

3.  Stanley  R.  Hartman,  b.  Dec.  0, IScG. 

4.  Ira  C.  Hartman,  b.  July  9,  1890. 

5.  'William  C.  Hartman,  b.  Aug.  14,  1S97. 

II.  Emma  Parish,  b.  Jan.  20,  I860;  in.  Aug.  20, 1883,  Elmer  E.  Ross.    Chi!- 
dren: 

1.  .  Leota  F.  Ross,  b.  June  12, 1SS4 ;  m.  June  23, 1904,  Clifton  Pari;  h 

2.  Austin  V.  Ross,  b.  Mar.  24,  1SS6. 

3.  Edgar  V.  Ross,  b.  Feb.  12,  1S88. 

4.  Edwin  L.  Ross,  b.  Feb.  12, 1888,  d.  Oct.  20, 1893. 
III.    William  Parish,  b.  Aug.  13, 1867 :  m.  Mar.  19,  1832,  Mary  V.  Hartman 

Childr.  n : 

1.  Helen  T.  Parish,  b.  Aug.  30, 1893. 

2.  NaDA  E.  Parish,  b.  Feb.  9,  1896. 

3.  Haroldine  G.  Parish,  b.  Apr.  21,  1901. 
III.    Charlotte  Parish,  b.  Jan.  S,  1872;  m.  Apr.  14, 1896,  Charles  ConarJ 

No  children. 

vi.     George  0.  ThralL,  b.  in  Granville,  Oct.  14:  1838;   m.  Phoebe 
Baker  of  Appleton,  Licking  Co.     He  is  a  farmer  near  Croton. 
No  children. 
vii.    Edward  N.  Thrall,  b.  Dec.  19,  1S39,  d.  in  YvTebb  City,  Mo.,  Jan. 

20,  1886;  unm. 
viii.     William  H.  Thrall,  b.  in  Granville,  July  7,  1841 ;  m.  Mary  War- 
ner, b.  in  Manchester,  England,  Oct.  15,  1849;  is  a  farmer  in 
Croton.     Children: 

I.    Eva  M.  Thrall,  b.  Feb.  25,  1800. 

II.  Edna  L.  Thrall,  b.  May  3,  1892. 

ix.  Henry  S.  Thrall,  b.  Jan.  7,  1S43,  in  Granville;  m.  Martha  Stim- 
son  of  Alexandria.  He  died  in  Hammond,  Ind.,  Feb.  7.  1690. 
Children: 

I.    Nellie  Thrall  ;  m.  and  lives  in  Chicago.    No  children. 
II.    Jessie  Thrall;  m.  and  lives  in  Chicago.    One  child. 

III.  Stephen  Thrall;  lives  in, Chicago. 
|                                           IV.    Mary  Thrall;  m.    Has  two  children. 

V.    Carrie  Thrall. 
x.     Lewis  S.  Thrall,  b.  July  7,  1845,  in  Hartford  Tp.;  m.  Euretta 
Roberts  of  Galena,  0.     He  was  a  farmer  in  Iowa,  and  both  d. 
there.     Child , 

I.    John  Thrall  ;  m.  and  lives  in  Goklburg,  Iowa.    Has  one  child. 
xi.     Corwix  Thrall,  b.  Apr.  7.  1847,  in  Hartford  Tp.,  d.  Mar.  26,  19Q4. 
in  Columbus,  O.     He  m.  Aug.  26,  1869,  Rosetta  Hillman,  of 
Croton.     Children :  * 

I.    Lottie  Lor  Thrall,  b.  Mar.  4, 1872,  d.  Oct.  10, 1S73. 
II.    Hem  an  P.  Thrall,  d.  Feb.  IS,  1877  ;  resides  in  Columbus. 
III.    Harry  G.  Thrall,  b.  Jan.  26, 1879 ;  in.  Grace  Filler  of  Columbus'  Nov. 
19,  I9u2, 

xii.  Franklin  R.  Thrall,  b.  Jan.  11, 1851,  in  Hartford  Tp.;  m.  Melissa 
Hall  of  Lock,  Knox  Co.,  0.  He  is  a  farmer  near  Croton.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.    Estelle  Thrall  ;  m.  Del  Rfcss  of  Croton.    Has  two  children. 
II.    Lora  D.  Thrall.    Educated  at  Ohio  University,  Athens,  O.;   i*  «'» 
electrical  engineer  in  Cleveland,  O. 

27.  Benjamin  F.7  Thrall  {Eliphatf  and  Mary  Mead,  Sam- 
uel? John?  John,'  Timothy:'  William'),  b.  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  in  IS05, 
d.  in  Kirkersville,  O.,  Aug.  k25,  1870.  He  came  to  Granville. 
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the  Grove  Case  farm,  where  he  lived  until  he  grew  to  manhood. 
He. made  a  study  of  medicine  and  surgery  and  practiced  under 
a  certificate  issued  by  the  21st  District  Medical  Society  of 
Ohio,  signed,  John  M.  Russell,  M.  D.,  Pres.;  D.  Marble,  Sec'y. 

IHe  graduated  from  the  Ohio  Medical  College  in  Cincinnati  in 
March,  1840.  He  began  practicing  medicine  in  Brownsville, 
Licking  Co.,  O.  Here  he  m.  Eliza  Pyle,  whose  ancestors  came 
over  to  this  country  in  1777  to  engage  in  the  War  of  the  Revo- 
tion.  They  first  settled  in  Virginia,  and  when  this  country  was 
only  a  wilderness,  came  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Brownsville. 
He  spent  almost  his  entire  life  practicing  medicine  in  Licking 
Co.  He  was  a  very  successful  surgeon,  and  during  the  Rebel- 
lion served  as  surgeon  in  the  hospital  at  Camp  Butler,  111.,  for 
two  years.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  Free  Mason  and  Odd  Fel- 
low. They  had  twelve  children,  ten  of  whom  lived  to  the  age 
of  maturity  : 

i.  Della  Thrall,  b.  1834;  m.  E.  G  Ogden  and  lives  in  Cannons- 
ville,  N.  Y.  Has  one  dau.,  Nettie  Ogden,  m.  John  Hathaway 
of  Cannonsville  and  lives  in  Philadelphia. 
ii.  Sarah  Thrall,  b.  1836;  m.  John  Campbell;  lives  in  Martins- 
burg,  Iowa.  Has  children,  Frank,  Daniel,  Robert,  Phoebe. 
Eliza  and  Minnie  Campbell. 

iii.    Robert  F.  Thrall,  b.  1838;  lives  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  unm. 

iv.  John  F.  Thrall,  b.  Apr.  30,  1842.  Was  a  private  in  Co.  K,  47th 
111.  Inf.  He  lost  his  right  arm  at  the  battle  of  Corinth,  Oct.  3, 
1862.  He  m.  Laura  Compton  of  Black  Lick,  Franklin  Co.,  0., 
Mar.,  1875.     Has  son : 

I.  Frank  Raymond  Thrall,  b.  .Time  17. 1876 ;  ru.  Lena  Dixon  of  Colum- 
bus, in  Mar..  1900;  resides  Cleveland,  O.  Has  dau.,  Marion  Laura 
Thrall.,  b.  Feb.,  1905. 

v.     Daniel  Thrall,   b.  Mar.  31,  1844,   d.  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal..  in 

1902;  unm. 
vi.     William  B.  Thrall,  b.  1846  ;  unm.;  resides  Dayton,  0. 
vii.    Caroline  Thrall,  b.  1S48;  unm.;  resides  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
viii.     Eliphaz  Thrall  (twin),  b.  1850;  m.  (1 )  Caroline  Harris  of  Kirk- 
ersville,  0.     He  lived  in  Topeka,  Kan.     On  her  death  he  m. 

(2) .     Children  by  first  wife  : 

I.    Helen  Thrall:  m.  Carter  Smith  of  Cannonsville,  N.  Y. 
II.    Grace  Thrall;  m.  James  Mauger  of  Pataskala,  O. 
III.    Ada  Thrall;  m.  Frank  Mason  of  Etna,  O. 
ix.     Eliza  Thrall:  m.  Frank  Kidwell,  d.  in  Kirkersville,  0.,  in  1S79. 
x.     Harriet  Thrall,  b.  1852;  m.  L.  A.  Austin  ;  moved  to  Granville, 
O.,  in  1874,  where  they  have  lived  until  the  present  time.     He 
carried  on  the  jewelry  business  in  Granville  for  a  quarter  of 
a  century,  disposing  of  his  store  when   President  McKinley 
appointed  him  postmaster,  and  is  now  serving  his  second  term 
under  the  appointment  of  President  Roosevelt. 


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Marriage  Record,  Franklin  County,  Ohio. 

Volume  2. 

December  14,  lSl-i— June  15,  1830. 

By  Miss  May  Mermod  Scott,  A.  B.,  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

(Continued  from  Vol.  VIII,  No.  1,  page  57.) 

June  24.  Abram  Smith  and  Sally  Ann  Spain  ;  J.  Davis,  J.  P. 
June  5.  Jacob  Hoover  and  Catherine  Reeder;  J.  Davis,  J.  P. 
April  24.  Loger  Grace  and  Sarah  Jones  ;  Charles  Sells,  J.  P. 
July  8.     John  McElhany   and  Susanna  Gooding;   Eb'r  Washburn, 

V.  D.  M. 
July  15.    Littleton  Gray  and  Anna  Needles ;  Nathan  Emery,  Elder  in 

the  Methodist  E.  Church. 
July  17.     William  Gibson  and  LTri  Ann  Godown  ;  Geo.  Black,  J.  P. 
Mav  15.     John  McCoy  and  Kachael  Sells;  Sam'l  Hamilton,  Elder  in 

the  M.  E.  Church. r 
July  24.     James  Armintage  and  Eliza  Jameson  ;  Jacob  Grubb,  J.  P. 
February  22.     Jacob  Elmore  and  Eliza  Early  ;  (Rev.)  James  Hoge. 
April  17.     Elijah  Ellis  and  Mary  Kerr;  James  Hoge. 
April  27.    George  McDermot  and  D.  A.  ^aniord ;  James  Hoge. 
September  7.     Isaac  Holmes  and  Maria  Moorehead;  James  Hoge. 
September  13.     James  Woo<l  and  Polly  Warner;  James  Hoge. 
September  26.    John  M.  Starr  and  Mira  Talley  ;  James  Hoge. 
October  27.     Robert  R.  Carson  and  Eliza  Meredeth  ;  James  Hoge. 
December  1.     John  S.  Runyon  and  Sally  Brown  ;  James  Hoge. 
May  20.     John  Curry  and  E.  C.  Henderson  ;  James  Hoge. 
May  27.     Daniel  Hedges  and  Ann  Ross  ;  James  Hoge. 
June  5.     Griffin  RTMmor  and  Caroline  A.  Weston  ;  James  Hoge. 
June  24.     James  C.  Smith  and  Jane  Reece;  James  Hoge. 
November  10.     Horace  Loomis  and  Jenneit   Wright;  Gideon   W. 

Hunt,  J.  P. 
August  28.     James  Hudson  and  Elizabeth  Stults  ;  John  Long,  J.  P. 
August  24.     Mathias  Teeg  and  Louisa  Steadman  ;  J.  Davis,  J.  P. 
June  28.     Ignatius  Wheeler  and  M.  J.  Naydenbash ;  Wm.  Lush,  J.  P. 
August  7.    Joseph  Thompson  and  Eliza  Smith;  Chandlor  Rodgers,  J.  P. 
September  9.    James  Evans  and  Iluklah  Morris  ;  John  F.  Solomon.  ^ 
July  24.     Nathaniel  Painter  and  Martha  McEiitire;  Hugh  Iiams,  J.  P. 
September  1 1 .    William  Suttle  and  Annah  G room;  Wm.  Stirewalt,  J.  P. 
Serjtember  8.     John  Miller  and  Mary  Shrum  ;  Adam  Miller. 
September  28.    Thomas  Johnston  and  Pebe  Ann  Cronston  ;  S.  Ham- 
ilton, Elder  in  the  M.  E.  Church. 
September  30.     Clark  Matthews  and  Sally  Dean  ;  James  Laws. 
June  5.     Matthias  Sharp  and  Sarah  Se-ne;  Aristaches  Walker,  J.  P. 
March  27.     Caleb  R.  Jewett  and  Darias  Pinney  ;  Aristarchus  Walker. 
June  8.    Samuel  Baker  and  Rebecca  Bridges;  Aristarchus  Walker,  J.  P. 
May  22.     Elisna  Dildine  and  Eleanor  Kraner  ;  Charles  Rarrev,  M.  K, 

Church. 
September  27.    Daniel  Piper  and  Elizabeth  Jones;  1.  N.Walter,  E.  C.  C 
September  22.  John  J.  Garretson  and  Alary  Goodson;  John  Tipton,  J.P- 
September  25.    (Signed)  James  Elliott  and  Chloe  Foley;  Benjamin 

Britton,  E.  C.  C. 
November  12.     William  Davidson  and  Polly  Hellman;  Jacob  Grubb. 
November  27.     Phillip  Hay  and  Lucy  Dage  ;  Joseph  Long. 
December  7.   John  Hutchinson  and  Aurilea  Brown;  W.  T.  Martin,  J .  1*. 
October  2.    James  C.  Miller  and  Rosey  Ann  Warson;  Daniel  Beard. 
November  27.     Jonah  Stagg  and  Marian  Baldwin  ;  Wm.  Long,  J.  P. 
November  20.     Henry  Shoemaker  and  Susan  Tillbery;  J.  Gander,  J.  P« 


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September  7.    Johnathan  Lee  and  -Elizabeth  Mullen  ;  J.  Gander,  J.  P. 
December  4.    Thomas  O'Harra  and  Lucinda  Legg;  George  Jefferies, 

Ordained  Minister  of  the  Gospel. 
August  28.    James  Blain  and  Abigail  Eder  ;  Geo.  Jefferies. 
November  20.    Abraham  Barber  and  Louisa  Hendren  ;  Geo.  Jefferies. 
September  13.     Selah  Parker  and  Catharine  Sulsor;  Geo.  Jefferies. 
November  20.     Abraham  Wood  and  Elizabeth  Gundy  ;  John  Tipton. 
October  19.    Daniel  Harris  and  Susannah  Hawkey;  \Vm.  Long,  J.  P. 
December  15.     Joseph  Brown  ajnd  Elizabeth  Emery  ;  Thomas  Wood. 
October  16.    James  Piercy  and  Sally  Coble  ;  Win.  Long,  J.  P. 
October  1.    Thomas  Tipton  and  Elizabeth  Zinn  ;  W.  T.  Martin. 


November  16. 
November  10. 
November  16. 
December  25. 
December  11. 
November  6. 


John  Bishop  and  Sally  Whitzel;  J.  Gander,  J.  P. 
Horace  Loomis  and  Jennett  Wright ;  Gideon  W.  Hart. 
Sidney  Brown  and  Ann  Hart ;  Nathan  Stern. 
William  Britton  and  Margaret  Temple;  Win.  Delzell. 
John  Smallman  and  Lydia  Wagoner  ;  Jacob  Smith,  J.  P. 
Newton  Case  and  Azubah  Gay;  Aristarches  "Walker,  J.  P. 

October  12.    Joshua  Cole  and  Margaret  Clover ,  (Rev.)  H.  Crabb. 

December  25.     Solomon  Groves  and  Elizabeth  Johnston  ;  P.  Adams. 

October  19.     Samuel  T.  Shinn  and  Elizabeth  Shinn ;  P.  Adams,  J.  P. 

December  4.     Phillip  Rhoades  and  Eleanor  Colwell;  Geo.  Beals.  J.  P. 

December  1 1.    'David  F.  Squires  and  Elizabeth  Smith  ;  John  Davis. 

December  IS.     William  Gundy  and  Keziah  Johnston;  John  Tipton. 

November  24.     Daniel  Decker  and  Margaret  Bhikeiy  ;  Wm.  Patterson. 

February  1.     Emanuel  Cryder  and  Polly  McGiil  ;  Geo.  Black,  J.  P. 

December  25.     George  Goldsmith  and  Sarah  Demorest ;  W.  T.  Martin. 

Januarv  25.     William  M.  Bills  and  Sarah  Ann  Weaks  ;  Isaac  Fisher, 
Elder  C.  C. 

February  17.    Isaac  GuiTy  and  Elizabeth  Davidson;  John  Swisher.  J.  P. 

January  15.     William  Cox  and  Sarah  Ward  ;  George  Jefferies. 

January  22.     Thomas  Martin  and  Hannah  White  ;  George  Jefferies. 

December  4.     Thomas  O'Harra  and  Lucinda  Legg  ;  George  Jefferies. 

January  15.    Joshua  Stevenson  and  Mrs.  Ann  Hopkins  ;  Leroy  Sworn- 
stead. 

December  25.     Benjamin  Lee  and  Nancy  Jordan  ;  Hiland  Hulburd. 

February  14.     Joseph  Spanglcr  and  Betsy  Sherman;  Leroy  Sworn  stead. 

December  4.     Otho  Godman  and  Maria  Watts  ;  Leroy  Swornstead. 

February  15.  J)avid  Pancake  and  Elizabeth  Bishop;  Leroy  Swornstead. 

December  14.     David  Croy  and  Sally  Wasson;  Amaziah  Hutchinson. 

December  13.     Frederick  Spangler  and   Kebeca  Lambert ;    John  F. 
Solomon. 

March  5.     Abraham  Rainear  and  Christiana  Ponntious;  J.  F.  S. 

January  29.     Solomon  Woodring  and  Catherine  Bildm  ;  J.  F.  S. 

March  10.     Jesse  Hutson  and  Mary  Needles;  John  F.  Solomon. 

January  25.     Jacob  Clevenger  and* Sarah  Rimer;  John  F.  Solomon. 

March  12.     S.  Brinkerhoot  and  Elizabeth  Clymer;  Leroy  Swornstead. 

March  5.     Simeon  Pool  and  Maria  McCloud  ;  Leroy  Swornstead. 

December  6.     Solomon  Borror  and  Deiila  Miller;  Wooley  Conrad. 

June  11.     Andrew  Whitsell  and  Mary  linger  ;  Abram  Shoemaker,  J.  P. 

July  9.     Frederick  Whitsell  and  Polly  Hews;  Abram  Shoemaker,  J.  P. 

May  28.     David  French  and  Sarah  Ingham  ;  Geo.  Jeffries. 

June  11.    Amos  W.  Ramsey  and  Eleaner  Riley;  Geo.  Jeffries. 

June  17.    Alonso  Williams  and  Margaret  Smith  ;  Geo.  Jeffries. 

August  14.    John  Seeds  and  Asenith  Britton ;  Geo.  H.  Patterson,  E.  C.  C. 

August  6.    James  Vanderburgh  and  Ann  W.  House;  Leroy  S worm- 
stead,  M.  G. 

July  16.     Micajah  Parrish  and  Nancy  Duff;  Geo.  Jeffries. 

July  12.     Franklin  B.  Chester  and  Nancy  Porter;  Geo.  Jeffries. 

July  5.     John  Otstot  and  Ellen  Van  Voorhis;  Leroy  SworinBted. 

June  11.    Peter  Barnes  and  Mary  E   I 'avis;  I.  N.  \Valter,  E.  C.  C. 

May  10.    John  Voris  and  Margaret  Mock  ;  Leroy  S  worms  ted. 
(To  be  continued.) 


Monumental  Inscriptions  in  the  Town  Cemetery,  Centerburg, 
Knox  County,    Ohio.* 

By  Horace  \Y.  Whatman,  Hou.  Mem. 

Farquhar— Benjamin,  b.  17S2,  d.  1865. 

Margaret,  his  wife,  b.  1N0S,  d.  1892. 

Elijah,  their  son,  b.  1847,  d.  1860. 
Dally— Mary  A.,  d.  Aug.  6,  1897,  a>.  32  y.  5  m.  2  d. 

John,  d.  Nov.  5.  1865,  se  67  v. 
Carmichael— Ellen,  wife  of  H.,  d.  Aug.  26,  1864,  se.  26  y. 

Josephine,  their  dau.,  d.  Nov.  3,  1857,  se.  1  y. 
Michell — Sarah  Ann,  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Lucy,  b.  July  31, 1S49,  d.  Nov.  4, 1855. 
Mieliell  and  Mitchell,  same  family. 

Hyatt — Naomi  M.,  wife  of  H.  A.,  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Lucv  Mitchell,  d.  Jum- 

3,  1859,  se.  22  v.  10  m. 
Pierce— Asa  H.,  d.  June  1,  1900,  ad.  90  v.  10  m. 

William  H.,  son  of  0.  and  C,  d.  Mar.  19,  1856,  as.  1  y.  9  m. 

Margaret,  wife  of  Asa,  d.  July  IS,  1852,  a?.  43  y. 
Skillen— Moses,  d.  Mar.  9,  1856,  se.  60  y. 

Susie,  d.  Sept.  10,  1S5S,  se.  17  y. 

Hannah,  wife  of  George,  d.  Oct.  3,  1858,  se.  49  y, 

George,  d.  July  23,  1899,  x.  93  v.    Buried  at  Pasadena,  Cal. 

Davies,  d.  Julv  26,'  1865.  a?.  29  y. 

Newton  D.,  d.  Sept.  10,  1S91,  se.  40  y. 
Waldrof— Robert  J.  son  of  M.  and  E.,  d.  Sept.  12,  1854,  se.  1  y.  3  m. 

Jacob  B.,  son  of  M.  and  E.,  d.  Dec.  14,  1851,  se  1  y.  4  m. 

Morris  W.,  son  of  INI.  and  E.,  d.  Oct.  11,  1858,  se.  10  m. 

Morris,  d.  Oct.  9,  1858,  se.  43  y. 
Northr up— Eliza,  wife  of  J.,  d.  Mar  25,  1890,  a?  66  y. 

James,  d.  Aug.  2t>,  1879,  se.  SO  y. 
Huffman — Sarah  Jane,  wife  of  John,  d.  Nov.  2,  1855,  se.  23  y.  11  m. 
Eaton— Cassius  M.,  son  of  Wm.  and  M.,  d.  Oct.  30,  1854,  se.  2  y. 
Riley— John,  d.  Mar.  18,  1896,  a?.  S4  y. 

Sustui  G.,  wife  of  John,  d.  April  13,  18S9,  93.  74  y. 

Morgan,  son  of  John  and  S  ,  d.  Sept.  9,  1876,  se..  23  y. 
Rilea — Bruce  G.,  son  of  John  and  Sarah,  d.  July  1,  1851,  se.  1  y. 

Clarissa  A.,  dau.  of  John  and  Sarah,  d.  June  28,  1854,  se,  10  m. 
Green — Druzilla,  wife  of  J.,  d.  Mar.  23,  1S54,  se.  25  y. 

Mary,  wife  of  J.,  d  Oct,  6,  1900,  se.  63  y. 

Daniel,  d.  Oct.  15,  18/2,  se.  75  y. 

Catherine,  wife  of  Daniel,  d.  Oct,  12,  1877,  se.  74  y. 
Butcher — Clinton  Marshall,  son  of  Nahum  and  Angelina,  d.  April  11,  1872, 

se.  11  m.  26  d. 
Marshall — Morris  G.,  son  of  David  and  Lydia,  d.  Mar.  24,  186S,  a;.  15  y. 
5  m,  7  d. 

Darwin  A.,  d.  Dec.  19,  1862,  se.  21  y.  3  d. 

Emaline,  dau.  of  W.  and  L.,  d.  Mar.  15,  1861,  se.  12  y. 

Lydia,  wife  of  David,  d.  Jan.  4,  1857,  se.  36  v. 

David,  d.  Feb.  7,  1876,  a-.  59  v.  10  m.  14  d. 
Huflman— Benjamin,  d.  Sept.  18,  1880,  se.  39  v.  5  m.  12  d. 

Infant  son  of  B.  and  M.,  d   Feb.  10,  1873." 

Jeremiah,  d.  Nov.  3,  1864,  se.  37  y.  1  m.  18  d. 

Mary,  wife  of  Benjamin,  d.  Sept.  3,  1864,  se.  65  y.  7  m.  27  d. 

Benjamin,  d.  Sept.  22,  18S9,  se.  85  y.  8  m.  28  d. 
Lair — Ruth,  wife  of  Andrew,  d. . 

•  Formerly  the  Baptist  Grav<.yar<L 

186 


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1906.]  Insaiptions — German  Cemetery.  187 

Best—Melissa,  dau.  of  Wm.  arid  Sophia,  d.  Mar.  7,  1S53,  a\  6  ra. 

Peter  L.,  son  of  Win.  and  Sophia,  d.  Feb.  12,  1S56,  re.  7  y, 

Ananias  T.,  son  of  Wra.  and  Sophia,  d.  Feb.  4,  1872,  a*.  24  y.  5  m.  16  d. 

William,  d.  Sept.  12,  1S77,  ic.  52  v.  3  m.  3  d. 

Sophia,  wife  of  William,  d.  Mar.  22.  1884,  ;»•.  61  y.  1  m.  21  d. 
Jennings — Infant  son  of  C.  and  ST.,  d.  July  2,  1856. 
Stivers— Marv  E.  A  ,  dau.  of  L.  and  E.,  d.  Dee.  4,  1864,  a?.  12  y. 
Hollister— E.  M.,  d.  Oet.  10,  1S64,  a3.  48  v. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  E.  M.,  d.  April  5, "1851,  se.  30  y. 

Sarah  Ann,  their  dau.,  d.  Nov.  10,  1850,  se.  3  y. 
Youngblood — William  L.,  d.  Aug.  3,  1889,  e&.  63  y.  2  m.  1  d. 

Woodruff — Emma,  wife  of  J.  S., 

Debolt — Emma,  dau.  of  L.  and  Z.,  d.  Mar.  28,  1887,  se.  23  y.  7  m.  7  d. 

Zerella,  wife  of  Levi,  d.  April  25,  1895,  a?.  55  y.  4  m.  14  d. 
Townsend — Harriett,  dau.  of  Appleton  and  Roxev,  d.  Dec.  20,  1847,  a?.  16  y. 
Mills— Rev.  I.  I.  [Masonic],  d.  Oct.  11,  1884,  se.  33  y.  8  m.  10  d. 
Sutton— Samuel,  b.  Jan.  21,  1827,  d.  Nov.  9,  1903. 

Maretta,  b.  July  17,  1825,  d.  May  6,  1809. 

Alfred,  son  of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth,  d.  Nov.  28, 1845,  se.  16  v.  1  m.  1  d. 

Stephen,  d.  Aug.  21,  1844,  se.  45  y.  5  m.  12  d. 
Myers— George  S.,  d.  Oct.  1,  1844,  se.  27  y.  11  m. 

Margaret  L.,  wife  of  George  R.,  d.  June  13,  1851,  &e.  2S  y.  3  m.  2  d. 

Infant  son  of  G.  S.  and  Margaret  L.,  d.  May  4,  1847. 

Owen  E.,  son  of  George  R.  and  Margaret  L.,  d.  Jan.  22,  1869,  se.  6  wks. 
Kinkead— Catherine,  d.  Nov.  — ,  1844,  se.  18  y. 
Thompson,  Anna,  wife  of  Asa,  d.  Aug.  2,  1848,  se.  37  y.  11  m.  25  d. 
Morev— Loren,  Co.  B,  4th  0.  V.  I.,  d^  Feb.  3,  1892,  se.  53  v.  3  m.  21  d. 
Weaver— Marie,  wife  of  W.  E.,  d.  Feb.  IS,  1890,  se.  20  v.  io  m.  13  d. 
Marshall— William,  d.  Dec.  3,  1847,  se.  34  y. 
Armstrong— Melinda,  wife  of  John,  d.  July  10,  1S54,  re. . 

Elijah,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Ann,  d.  Nov.  30,  1846,  se.  1  y. 
Eaton — Charles,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah,  d.  Dec.  29,  1846,  se.  10  m. 

Joseph,  d.  July  20,  1847,  a?.  62  y.  8  m.  11  d. 

Benjamin,  d.  Nov.  18,  1851,  se.  23  y.  8  m.  25  d. 

Mary,  dau.  of  J.  and  S.,  d.  April  15,  1S57,  se.  1  y.  3  m.  10  d. 
Sutherland — Joseph  D.,  d.  Aug.  17,  1847,  m.  26  y. 

Schoonover — Cashes,  son  of  H.  and  Jane,  d.  Oct.  28, 1S51.  se   1  y.  1  m.  4  d. 
McNeeley — William,  son  of  F.  B.,  d.  May  15.  1859,  ;e.  5  m.  13  d. 

David,  son  of  F.  B.  and  E.,  d.  Feb.  d,  1856,  se.  3  y.  10  m.  5  d. 

Infant  dau.  of  F.  B.  and  B.,  d.  Feb.  6,  1S59,  re.  4  m. 

Robert,  son  of  F.  B.  and  E.,  d.  Feb.  22,  1847,  a±.  8  d. 
Neel— William,  d.  Mar.  7,  1849,  se,  36  y. 

Seely  A.,  son  of  and  Elizabeth,  d.  Jan.  7,  1846,  se.  1  y. 

(To  be  continued:) 


Inscriptions  from  German  Cemetery  Three  Miles  East  of  Alum 

Creek  on  Broad  Street,  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  Sixty 

Rods  South  of  Street. 

Claus— Anna  Maria,  wife  of  John  Frank,  b.  Nov.  7,  1826,  d.  Feb.  17,  1865. 

Barnhard,  d.  Aug.  7,  1864,  a).  67  y.  3  m. 

George,  b.  1836,  d.  1855". 
Congendetfer— Michael,  b.  Jan.  10,  1791,  d.  April  2,  1847,  re.  56  y.  2  m.  22d. 
Doersam — George,  d.  Feb.  26,  1879,  se.  81  y.  6  m. 

Mary,  wife  of,  d.  Mav  3,  1872.  bb.  75  v. 
Emick— Eva  Katherina,  d.  Feb.  14,  1S68,  se.  62  y. 
Emig — Eve,  dau.  of  George  and  Eve,  d.  Jan.  20,  1858,  ;e.  10  y. 


188  Notes  a?id  Queries.  _  [April, 

Frev — Caroline,  dau.  of  Henrv  and  Mary  Ann,  d.  April  6,  1846,  te.  7  y. 
"Joseph,  d.  Sept.  24,  1832,  le.  60  y.  5  m.  20  d. 
Lewis,  b.  Aug.  25,  1810,  d.  Feb.  20,  1855. 

In  death  I  live :  in  du^t  I  sleep. 
No  more  I  sigh  ;  no  more  I  weep. 

Louiee  Z.,  dau.  of  Henrv  and  Mary  Ann,   d.  Nov.  29,  1852,  se.  4  v 
10  m.  29  d. 

Margaret,  wife  of  Joseph,  d.  April  13,  1857,  se.  75  y.  8  m.  11  d. 

William,  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  Ann,  d.  July  29, 1856, se.  1  y.  7  m.  6  d. 
Frund — Anna  Maria,  wife  of  Urs,  d.*  Jan.  14,  1845,  se.  43  y.  4  m.  19  d. 

George,  son  of  Urs  and  Anna  Maria,  d.  Sept.  25,  1843,  se.  11  y.  11  ni. 

Henrv,  b.  Nov.  29,  1840,  d.  April  12,  1843. 

Jacob,  d.  Mar.  4,  1866,  re.  27  v.  11  m.  2  d. 

Urs,  b.  Nov.  28,  1S00,  d.  April  8,  1873. 
Haut— Barbara,  wife  of  P.,  d.  Mar.  25,  1863,  se.  36  y.  3  m.  13  d. 

Emmy,  dau.  of  P.  and  B.,  d.  June  1,  1S63,  se.  2  y.  10  m.  22  d. 
Helfre — Adam,  d.  April  15,  1875,  se.  45  v. 

Khun— Margaret,  d.  Mav  12,  1850,  se.  17  y.  11  m.     "Catholic." 
Klaus— Margaret  ha,  d.  Nov  ,  A.  D.  1853. 
Kuhn — Benedik,  son  of  Martin  and  Katherina,  b.  Feb.  10,  1840,  d.  Oct. 

8,  1860. 
Lotz— Catharina,  b.  Ausr.  27,  1852,  d.  Nov.  11,  1857. 
Schlitt— Benedict,  b.  Jan.  25,  1815,  d.  Dec.  24,  1849. 

[Name  illegible]  d.  1S41. 

B.  S.  [email  headstone] 

Margaretha,  b.  Nov.  7,  1788,  d.  Jan.  30,  1858. 

Margaretha,  b.  Mar.  20,  1820,  d.  Aug.  6,  1841. 

Paulina,  d.  Nov.  11,  1855,  se.  28  v.  6  m.  11  d. 
Schwartz— Elizabetha,  b.  Mar.  27,  1800,  d.  Dec.  5,  1867. 

Elizabetha,  b.  Sent.  17,  1833,  d.  Julv  19,  1853. 

Margaretha  Rittel,  dau.  of  Peter,  b.'Aug.  21,  1837,  d.  Feb.  26,  1860. 

Peter,  b.  Dec.  14,  1856.  se.  55  v.  5  m. 
Vogle— Andrew,  d.  Oct.  28,  1860,1c.  49  y. 
Waltar— Eva,  b.  Jan.  3,  1841,  d.  Mar.  5,*  1875. 

Joseph,  b.  July  15,  1871,  d.  Sept.  22,  1871. 

Maria  Barbara",  b.  Jan.,  1804,  d.  Nov.  23,  1871. 
Yearling— George," son  of  Adam  and  C,  d.  Oct.  15,  1862,  se.  7  y.  7  m. 
Zimmer— John  Jacob,  b.  Jan.  6,  1790,  d.  Aug.  6,  1850. 

Mary  Ann  T.,  wife  of  John  Jacob,  d.  Oct.  29,  1854,  se.  62  y.  4  m.  29  d. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Queries. 

The  department  of  Queries  is  free  to  members  of  this  Society  only.  To  all  others  a 
charge  of  ten  cents  per  line  will  be  made. 

Persons  sending  queries  to  The  Quarterly  should  give  their  names  and  P.  O.  addresses. 
Replies  to  queries  should  in  all  cases  be  sent  to  the  Editor,  for  insertion  in  The  Quarterly. 

Covey.— Lyman  Covey,  b.  about  1796,  d.  in  Leonidas,  St.  Joseph  Co., 
Mich.,  about  1866,  se.  about  70.  Lived  in  St.  Lawrence,  Steuben  or  Chau- 
tauqua Cos.,  N.  Y.;  m.  Hannah .     Had  (1)  Lydia  Ann,   who  m.  ■ • 

Franklin;  (2)  Solomon  Daniel,  who  m.  Sarah  Ann  Woodward;  (3)  Isaac: 

(4)  Perrin  ;  (5)  a  dau.,  who  m. Wellman.     Who  were  the  parents  of 

Lyman  and  Hannah  ? 

Griswold.— In  Lebanon,  X.  H.,  the  following  children  were  born  to  Major 
John  and  Ruth  (Hewitt)  Griswold;  she  d.  Oct.  80,  1770:  Hannah,  b.  Oct. 
6,  1761  ;  Lydia.  b.  May  11,  1763;  John,  b.  Feb.  24,  1765;  Jedediah,  b.  Apr. 
1,  1767  ;  Benjamin,  b.  May  29,  1769. 


1900.]  Notes  and  Queries.  189 

John  Griswold  m.  (2)  Dec.  4,  1772,  Elizabeth  Porter,  and  to  them  the  fol- 
lowing children  were  born  in  Lebanon,  N.  H.:  Charlotte,  b.  Nov.  27,  1772; 
Hewitt,  b.  May  10,  1774;  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  2,  177G ;  Ahira,  b.  Feb.  13,  1778; 
Elizabeth,  b.  May  27,  1780;  Ede,  b.  Apr.  26,  1784. 

Can  any  one  tell  me  the  names  and  address  of  any  descendants  of  any  of 
the  children  besides  John,  Elizabeth  and  Ede?  1  have  the  descendants 
of  those  three,  but  am  unable  to  learn  any  of  the  others.  Any  information 
will  be  thankfully  received. 

I  have  the  military  (Revolutionary)  record  of  Major  John  Griswold, 
which  I  shall  be  pleased  to  send  to  any  one  desiring  it.  G.  E.  H. 


Woodward — Daniel  Woodward,  of  New  York  State,  m.  Haskins. 

Had  (1)  George  (Maj.  Gen.  in  Civil  War);  (2)  Sarah  Ann,  m.  Samuel  Covey  ; 
(3)  Benjamin  William.    Who  were  the  parents  of  Daniel  and  his  wife? 


1.  Gibbs. — Isaac  Gibbs  and  four  brothers  served  in  the  American  Revo- 
lution, probably  from  New  York  State.  He  d.  a).  93  at  Farnum,  Quebec, 
Canada,  and  is  buried  there.  Name  of  his  wife  unknown.  WTho  were  the 
parents  and  grandparents  of  this  Isaac?  His  children  were:  I,  a  dau.  II, 
Abraham,  b.  1789,  Farnum  Tp.,  Quebec,  Canada,  cl.  about  1S56,  a.'.  57,  in 
Huron,  Mich.;  m.  Anne  Saxe,  b.  in  Stanbridge,  Canada,  East.  Ill,  Isaac. 
IV,  Annie.  V,  Hiram.  The  above  Abraham  and  Anne  had:  1,  Rachel 
Frances,  b.  1 835;  m.  John  Smith.  2,  John,  b.  1836;  m.  Sarah  Pease.  3, 
George,  b.  1840  ;  m.  Annie  Sweet.  4,  Caroline;  m.  John  Dent.  5,  Hiram 
Garner,  b.  May  10, 1816;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Smith  (sister  of  John  above, 
and  dau.  of  James  and  Mary  Ann  (Wilson)  Smith). 

2.  Saxe. — Anne  Saxe  m.  Abraham  Gibbs ;  who  were  her  pareats  and 
grandparents  ? 

3.  PrcKETTE. — George  Washington  Puckette  (or  Pokette,  or  Puquette. 
or  Pauquette),  b.  Feb.  24,  1807,  in  North  Carolina  (Fayetteville,  Beaufort 
or  Wilmington);  he  d.  May  28.,  188S,  near  Blanch,  Lincoln  Co.,  Tenn.  His 
father  was  a  Colonel  in  the  1812  War.  Who  were  the  parents  and  grand- 
parents of  this  George  W.  ?  It  is  thought  that  this  family  are  of  Huguenot 
origin.    This  George  W.  m.  (1)  Eleanor  Van  Ilouser  (or  Hauser),  dau.  of 

Isaac  and (Baker);  she  d.  May  5,  1845,  se.  about  39,  in  Lincoln  Co., 

Tenn.  He  m.  (2)  about  1846,  Martha  James,  (e.  about  15  when  m.,  dau.  of 
Newbury  James;  she  d.  about  1S78,  near  Blanch.  Children  were:  I,  a 
dau.,  d.  v.  II,  Lewis  Parhm,  b.  1829,  near  Blanch  ;  m.  1851,  Nancy  Pitman. 
Ill,  Isaac  White,  b.  1831 ;  m.  Mary  Beaty.  IV,  John  Washington,  b.  1S33; 
m.  Jemima  Marrell.     V,  James,  d.  ge.  about  2  yrs.    VI,  Mary  Jane,  b.  183^  ; 

m.  (1)  Robert  Reese;  in.  (2)  Allen  Taylor;  m.  (3)  Capt. -Turney.   VII, 

Adam  Hall,  b.  1840;  m.  Elizabeth  Chapman.  VIII,  George  Washington, 
b.  1842;  m.  Alice  Eveline  Means.  IX,  Patrick  Henry,  b.  late  in  1844;  m. 
Sarah  Jane  Kidd. 

Some  of  the  family  reside  at  Akin,  Franklin  Co.,  111.;  Elkton,  Tenn.;  Top- 
penish,  Wash.     George  W.  had  three  brothers  and  one  sister:     I,  Parhm. 

II,  William.     Ill,  Mary  Jane  ;  m.  (1)  - —  Cooper;  m.  (2)  Rev. Davis 

(Baptist,  very  popular).  IV,  Lewis;  professional  teacher,  Baptist  preacher; 
m,  two  or  three  times  ;  1st  wife  had  three  daus.  These  four  resided  in 
North  Carolina. 

There  were  relatives  named  Parhm,  and  Ezell  (through  mother  of  George 
W.);  Timothy  Ezell,  an  old  man,  was  related. 

4.  Van  Houser. — John  Van  Ilouser  (Hauser)  d.  a3.  122  ;  had"  a  son  Isaac, 
d.  a?.  90  (he  was  a  cripple  for 48  years);  had  three  wives,  the  1st  nee  Baker  ; 
the  3rd  wife  had  no  children  ;  by  1st  wife:  I,  Feltie  Voluntine  (etc.,  a  long 
name);  he  left  home  and  it  is  supposed  was  drowned.  II,  Eleanor, b.  about 
1806;  m.  George  Washington  Puckette.     Ill,  John;  m.  Miss  —  Millhouse, 


190  Notes  and  Queries.  [  A p r  i | 

had  a  family,  went  to  Yellowbiishy,  Miss.  IV,  a  dau. ;  m.  Jacob  Barn<««. 
res.  Tenn.  By  2nd  wife:  V,  "Willis  ;  m.  Nancy  Majors  ;  res.  Miss.  VF,  1.; 
d.  v.,  num.  VII,  Layina ;  m.  Isaac  Majors,  cousin  of  Nancy;  res.  Arka;. 
sas,  and  had  two  dau-.  VIII,  Martha;  m.  William  Gatlin ;  rei.  Liuco'-i 
Co.,  Tenn. 
Who  were  the  parents  and  grandparents  of  the  above  Isaac  Van  House! 

W.A.E. 


OSBORN  ADDENDA. 

Children  of  George  Turney  and  Alice  (Burbridge)  Renick : 

I.    Alexander  Rexick,  b.  July  8, 1S66 ;  in.  Jan.  21, 1892,  Kate  V.  Rice.    Children 

1.  Alice  Rebecca  Renick,  b.  Dec.  12, 1892. 

2.  Helf.x  Renick,  b.  Dec.  11, 1894. 

3.  Henry  Alexander  Renick,  b.  July  26, 1904. 

II.    Harriet  Madeira  Renick,  b.  Aug.  7, 1867;  m.  June  4, 18S3,  Richard  Cowling 
Weldon.    Children: 

1.  Nelson  Turney  Weldon,  b.  Jan.  3, 1SS7. 

2.  Elizabeth  Renick  Weldon,  b.  Nov.  23, 1890. 

3.  Adelaide  Weldon,  b.  Aug.  1,  1896. 

III.  Rowland  Bcr^idge  Renick,  b.  Cct.  29,  1SS9 ;  m.  Feb.  17, 1895,  Nellie  Elizabeth 

Dinau.    No  children. 

IV.  Harness  Renick,  b.  Aug.  S,  1871 ;  m.  Nov.  29, 1900,  Florence  Thomas  Carpenter. 
.    Children  : 

1.  Alice  Wilda  Renick,  b.  Sept.  12, 1901. 

2.  Dorothy  Eva  Renick,  b.  Mar.  20,  1903. 

V.    Dorothy  Turney  Renick,  b.  Jan.  7,  1873:  m.  Mar.  31,1891,  Samuel  Edwin 
Boggs,  M.  D.     Children  : 

1.  Henry  Renick  Boggs,  b.  Sept.  10, 1S94. 

2.  Florence  Weldon  Boggs.  b.  June  3, 1896. 

VI.    Josiah  Renick,  b.  Apr.  8,  1S75 ;  m.  Aug.  21, 1904,  Sarah  Ethel  Hendry. 
VII.    Eleanor  Burbridge  Renick,  b.  Jan.  23, 1877;  m.  Mar.  5, 1902,  Herbert  Kelly 

Rodgers. 
VIII.    George  Work  Renick.  b.  July  6, 1879 ;  m.  Apr.  26. 1905,  Edna  Grubb  Downs. 
IX.    Samuel  Rugcles  Renick.  b.  Aug.  25,1881;  m.  Oct.  3, 1901,  Viola  Marie  Stuckcy. 
X.    Henry  Turney  Renick,  b.  June  8,  1SS3;  m.  Apr.  27,  1904,  Anna  Hiinilk-r. 

Child : 
XI.    Farncis  Black  Renick,  b.  Dec.  19, 1SS5. 

Julia  Ballantine  m.  at  Marion,  O.,  Jan.  19,  1S75,  Edwin  Bass  Gager. 
Children : 

I.    Helen  Gager,  b.  Dec.  26, 1S78 ;  m.  Oct.  7, 1902,  John  Quincy  Brown.    Child : 

1.    Katharine  Elizabeth  Brown,  b.  Oct.  11, 1S03. 
II     Jean  Gager,  b.  Nov  15,  1880,  d.  Mar.  5,  18S1. 

III.  Katharine  Gager,  b.  Feb.  26, 1SS5. 

IV.  Edwin  Ballantine  Gager,  b.  Aug.  22, 1890,  d.  Apr.  14, 1892. 
V.    John  Ballantine  Gager,  b.  Mar.  24, 1S93. 

VI.    Howard  Murdoch  Gager,  b.  Feb.  6, 1S97. 


BOOK  NOTICES. 

I  Persons  sending  books  for  notice  should  state,  for  the  information  of  renders,  the  price 
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Caleb  Beaton  and  Sarah  Bishop ;   their  ancestors  and  their  descendants.      By 

Charles  E.  Benton.     Press  of  the  Haight  Go.,  Pougbfceepsie,  N.  Y.    1906. 

The  immigrant  ancestors  of  this  family  were  Edward  and  Andrew,  uncle 
and  nephew,  who  came  from  Epping,  in  Essex,  England,  in  1G3S  ;  settled 
first  at  Wetherstield,  Conn.,  Edward  removing  to  Guilford,  Conn.,  in  1040. 
Chapter  third  is  devoted  to  other  ancestral  names — Guthridge,  Goodrich, 
Grave,  Crittenden,  Stone,  Bartlett,  Meigs,  Wilcox,  Bishop,  etc. 

In  the  year  1794  a  branch  of  this  family  removed  to  Amenia,  New  York, 
a  new  home  was  established  which  has  remained  in;  the  family  for  more 
than  a  hundred  years.  "It  was  here  in  this  valley  that  the  tides  of  two 
migrating  races  met.  the  Dutch  and  English,  but  the  Dutchman  awoke  one 
find  himself  a  Yankee,  language  and  ail."  The  story  of  this  family  is  most 
interestingly  written,  and  the  genealogical  records  are  systematically  and 
carefully  compiled. 

Patriotic  Calendar.     By  Miss  Edith  A.  Brockett,  191  Prospect  street,  East 

Orange,  N.  J.     Price  25  cents. 

A  calendar  of  great  events  of  American  history,  useful  for  patriotic  socie- 
ties, schools,  church  and  home.  Proceeds  from  its  sale  go  to  the  building 
fund  of  the  "Continental  Hall"  of  the  D.  A.  R.  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  Genealogy  of  the  Cashing  Family.     An   account   of  the   ancestors   and 
descendants  of  Matthew  Cashing,  who  came  to  America  in  1038.    By  James 
S.  Gushing.     Montreal:  The  Perroult  Printing  Co.    190-3.    Cloth, "pp.  000. 
This  is  a  new  edition  of  the  work  (the  first  having  been  published  in 
1877).     The  present  work- is  the  result  of  four  years'  labor  on  the  part  of 
the  compiler.     It  is  a  work  of  exceeding  interest,  as  the  family- is  a  celebra- 
ted one,   having  furnished  probably  more  eminent  lawyers,  judges,  etc., 
than  any  other  one  family  in  this  country.     The  genealogy  of  this  family 
furnish  incidentally  a  synopsis  of  the  colonizing  and  settlement  of  the  New 
England  States  and  a  portion  of  the  Province  of  Quebec  by  the  purest  of  its 
stock,  the  Puritans. 

The  remote  ancestry  of  this  family  has  been  traced  to  very  early  times 
prior  to  the  Norman  invasion  under  William  the  Conqueror.  The  immedi- 
ate ancestry  of  Matthew  Gushing,  the  first  American  emigrant,  is  traced 
back  seven  generations  in  Co.  Norfolk  in  the  fourteenth  century.  Matthew 
Cushing  was  one  of  first  settlers  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  and  the  lands  then  ac- 
quired remained  in  the  family  until  1887.  The  volume  contains  the  names 
of  a  large  number  of  persons  who  have  been  well  known  in  our  country's 
annals  and  among  its  brightest  lights. 

History,  Genealogical  and  Biographical,  of  the  Moh/neitX  Families.  By  Nellie 
Zada  Kice  Molyneux.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. :  C.  W.  Bardeen,  Publisher.  1904. 
pp.  370. 

An  interesting  and  valuable  contribution  to  genealogical  literature,  print- 
ed upon  tine  paper  in  large  clear  type,  with  wide  margins.  This  family,  as 
the  name  would  indicate,  were  of  French  origin,  and  is  variously  spelled, 
Molineux,  Mollineaux,  Mulenix,  Mullins,  Molyne,  Molins,  etc.  They  came 
into  England  in  1000  with  William  the  Conqueror,  when  Capt.  Wm.  Moiy- 
neux stands  eighteenth  in  order  on  the  Battle  Abbey  roll,  and  was  ''a  most 
especial  and  chief  man  in  nearness  to  his  Royal  Master."  During  the  next 
six  centuries  they  are  among  the  most  distinguished  of  the  landed  gentry 
in  England  and  Ireland,  and  their  posterity  in  the  New  World  has  main- 
tained the  high  standard  of  intelligence  and  ability  suggested  by   their 

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192  Book  Notices.  [April, 

noble  ancestry.     Among  the  interesting  details  gained  by  an  examin..?; 
of  its  pages  are  (traditional)  that  the  House  of  Molyneaux  was  founded  ; 
Robert  de  Moulin,  son  of  a  French  nun  who  left  the  cloister  to  uiarrv  * 
Spanish  priest  of  noble  family,  and  named  their  eon  from  the  place  wi.Vr> 
he  was  born.    It  being  claimed  by  some  students  of  history  that  those  u< -• 
identical  with  the  famous  persons  known  in  history  as  "Abelard  and  He)  , 
ise."     On  page  —  we  learn  PrLscilla  Molins,  the  sweet-faced  girl  young  ,.- 
fair,  whom  everyone  knows  in  Longfellow's  story  of  the  courtship  of  Mi! 
Standish,  and  even  Miles  Standish  himself,  were  descended  from  the  M ...■ 
neux  families.     Wm.  Molyneux,  a  manufacturer,  resident  of  Boston,  v, as  3 
celebrated  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  friend  of  Adams  and  Hancock  and  1 :.. 
other  leaders  at  the  beginning  of  hostilities,  was  one  of  the  celebrated  U  . 
party,  etc.    His  son  William  M.,  Jr.,  has  left  a  unique  autograph,  written 
with  a  diamond  on  a  window  of  the  guest  chamber  in  the  "Wayside  Inn 
at  Sudbury.    The  book  abounds  in  interesting  reminiscences  of  many  of  th. 
persons  mentioned,  and  must  be  of  absorbing  interest  to  all  bearing  fc&e 
family  name.  I).  E.  P, 

American  Historical  Magazine,  Vol.  I,  No.  1,  January,  190G.  The  Publishing 
Society  of  New  York,  41  Lafayette  Place,  New  York  City. 
This,  the  initial  number,  fully  justifies  the  claim  made  in  its  editorial 
announcement,  that  it  will  aim  to  a  high  standard  of  ability  and  merit,  bcm  • 
cialized  to  American  history,  biography  and  genealogy.  It  will  appear  bi- 
monthly; subscription  price,  three  dollars  per  annum.  It  is  not  an' organ 
of  any  society  or  interest, and  will  occupy  an  independent  position;  will  1  • 
of  comprehensive  scope,  undertaking  to  satisfy  the  best  ideals  of  historical 
specialists  and  students.  Writers  of  distinction  and  ability  will  contribute 
special  papers,  and  the  departments  of  genealogy  and  biography  will  be 
characterized  by  importance  and  thoroughness.  Adequate  space  will  be 
given  to  book  reviewing,  comment,  correspondence,  queries  aud  other 
miscellany.  The  publishers  have  already  issued  and  have  in  preparation, 
a  number  of  State  histories  and  other  works  of  great  importance.    D.  E.  P. 

Vital  Records  of  the  Town  of  Halifax,  Mass.,  to  the  end  of  the  year  1849.    Liter- 
ally transcribed  by  George  Ernest  Bowman,  Ed.  of  The  Mayflower  Des- 
cendant, 53  Mt.  Vernon  St.,  Boston,  Mass.    1905.   Cloth,  pp.  211.   Price  92. 
This  work  is  the  second  of  the  series  of  the  "Town  Records"  (vital  sta- 
tistics) of  the  towns  of  Barnstable  and  Plymouth  Cos.,  Mass.    The  publica- 
tion of  these  vital  records  has  been  undertaken  by  the  Massachusetts  Soci- 
ety of  Mayflower  Descendants.    The  records  of  Brewster  has  already  been 
printed  and  those  of  Easthain  and  Truro  are  in  press,  and  others  will  follow 
as  fast  as  the  funds  for  the  purpose  are  accumulated  from  the  sale  of  the.-e 
printed  works.     The  importance  of  preserving  these  ancient  records  in 
printed  form  cannot  be  overestimated,  as  the  originals  are  fast  wearing  oul 
and  are  liable  to  be  lost  or  destroyed  by  fire  at  any  time,  and  to  duplicate 
them  would  be  impossible. 

The  Mayflower  Society  has  issued  seven  volumes  of  its  quarterly  publica- 
tion which  consist  chiefly  of  public  and  private  records  of  all  kinds  now  tirst 
printed,  thus  saving  them  from  destruction  and  placing  them  within  easy 
reach  of  all  who  may  wish  to  consult  them.  D.  E.  P. 


BOOKS  IN  PREPARATION. 

I.     Genealogies. 

Bancroft — The  Quarterly  desires  to  publish  the  genealogy  of  Azariah. 
Ethan  and  Samuel  Bancroft,  cousins,  who  came  to  Granville,  Ohio,  about 
one  hundred  years  ago.  Albert  L.  Bancroft,  of  Los  Angeles,  now  sojourn- 
ing in  Granville,  is  at  work  on  the  family  of  Azariah.  It  is  hoped  to  soon 
have  work  ready  on  the  other  lines. 


1906.]  Book  Notices.  193 

Pike  Family. — A  collection  of  notes  from  English  archives,  relating  to  the 
Pike  family,  is  now  being  formed,  with  the  assistance  of  an  experienced  and 
reliable  record-searcher  in  London,  England.  The  latter  has  already  tup- 
plied  several  interesting  notes  on  this  subject.  The  material  of  course  con- 
sists of  unpublished  data  obtained  from  the  Public  Record  Office,  British 
Museum,  etc.  These  original  gleanings  will  bt*  of  considerable  interest  to 
many  other  families  and  will  probably  be  published. 

Clement  Family. — Lewis  H.  Clement,  No.  321  Seventeenth  street,  Toledo, 
Ohio,  is  compiling  a  genealogy  of  the  Clement  family,  descendants  of  Jan 
Clement,  who  emigrated  from  Holland  in  1665  and  located  on  Long  Island, 
the  descendants  later  moving  to  Central  New  York. 

Intermarried  with  this  family  are  the  Boquet  (or  Bokee),  Bradt  (or 
Bratt),  Veeder  (or  Vedder),  Diltz,  Legg,  Green  and  Halstead  families. 

Mr.  Clement  desires  to  hear  from  anyone  knowing  anything  of  any  of 
these  families. 

Buck. — John  T.  Buck,  of  Cardington,  Ohio,  is  preparing  a  complete  revi- 
sion and  extension  of  the  History  and  Genealogy  of  the  Buck  Family.  He 
desires  and  should  have  the  help  of  every  member  of  the  family  in  gather- 
ing data.    Send  to  him  for  one  of  his  blanks. 

Brewster. — The  Brewster  Genealogy,  by  Miss  Emma  C.  Jones,  of  Norwood, 
Hamilton  Co.,  0.,  is  about  to  be  issued  by  the  Graf  ion  Press,  of  New  York. 
This  is  a  work  of  two  volumes  containing  the  records  of  some  4,000  families 
with  more  than  20.000  descendants  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  of  the  May- 
flower. Miss  Jones  is  a  dau.  of  the  late  John  Goodin  Jones,  of  Cincinnati, 
and  granddaughter  of  the  late  Lot  Edward  Brewster,  of  Lebanon,  Conn. 

These  two  volumes  contain  about  1100  pages,  and  two  additional  volumes 
are  nearly  ready  for  publication. 

II.     Local  Histories,  Records,  Etc. 

Martha's  Vineyard. — Charles  Edward  Banks,  M.  D.,  of  Vineyard  Haven, 
Mass.,  has  in  preparation  a  history  of  the  island  and  its  people,  with  the 
annals  of  the  six  towns  comprising  the  island  and  Dukes  Co.,  Mass.,  and 
including  therein  the  Elizabeth  Islands,  now  known  as  the  town  of  Gosnold. 

It  will  contain  extended  family  histories  of  fifty-six  island  families, 
besides  twenty-seven  or  more  that  are  in  the  female  lines  from  original 
families. 

The  book  will  be  illustrated,  and  the  size  of  the  edition  will  depend  on 
the  number  of  advance  orders. 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHY  OF  ALLEN  TRIMBLE. 

I  At  the  request  of  my  family,  I  have  prepared  the  following 
account  of  my  ancestors,  as  derived  from  the  two  past  genera- 
tions:1 

My  paternal  grandfather,  John  Trimble,2  with  three  brothers, 
emigrated  from  the  North  of  Ireland  to  America,  in  the  early 
part  of  the  17th  century.  Their  ancestors  were  of  Scotch  descent, 
disciples  of  the  great  reformer,  Knox,  and  deeply  imbued  with 
the  religious  zeal  and  uncompromising  spirit  of  that  extraordi- 
nary man,  and  had  witnessed  and  felt  the  consequences  of  the 
bloody  scenes  that  followed  the  Reformation;  and  although  the 
victory  of  King  William,  at  the  great  battle  of  Boyne,  in  168S, 
gave  the  Irish  Protestants  some  relief  from  Catholic  persecution, 
they  continued  to  feel  that  they  had  held  liberty  and  property 
by  a  precarious  tenure;  and  many  of  their  descendants  deter- 
mined to  seek  a  home  in  the  New  World,  where  it  was  understood 
religious  freedom  could  be  enjoyed. 

Among  the  emigrants  of  this  period  were  the  Aliens,  Andersons, 
Brattons,  Bells,  Browns,  Christies  (or  Christians,  as  they  were 
called),  Craigs,  Crawfords,  Estells,  Gambles,  Moors,  MofTats, 
McDowells,  McClures,  McCues,  McNairs,  Matthews,  Poages, 
Prestons,  Robinsons,  etc.     Most  of  these,  after  a  few  vears  resi- 


1.  The  following  manuscript  was  found  among1  the  papers  in  the  secretctry  of  Gov- 
ernor Trimble  during  the  summer  of  1905.  He  did  not  tell  any  member  of  his  family  that 
he  had  complied  with  the  request  so  often  made  of  him  to  put  into  writing  the  incidents 
of  his  eventful  life.  His  granddaughter,  Mary  McA.  T.  Tuttle,  and  his  grandson,  Henry 
B.  Thompson,  have  prepared  and  edited  this  material. 

2.  The  name  of  Turnbull.  from  which  Trimble  is  derived,  was  given  to  one  William 
Rule  in  12F6,  who  had  sworn  fealty  to  Edward,  ;;nd  who  saved  the  life  of  King  Bruce,  a 
gallant  exploit.  While  hunting,  the  King  was  attacked  and  unhorsed  by  a  wild  bull,  but 
was  saved  from  death  by  this  Wm.  Rule,  who  threw  himself  between  the  King  and  the 
wild  animal,  seized  it  by  its  horns,  overturned  and  killed  it.  The  coat  of  arms  repre- 
sents the  bull's  head  on  a  ground  of  ermine.    Motto:    "Servavi  Rfgem." 

The  Tremble  arms  show  a  crest  upon  a  shield.  Crest.  An  eagle  rising  from  a  crown 
of  plumes,    Motto  :    "  Malo  Mori  Quara  Focflari. 

The  coat  of  arms  which  has  been  banded  down  in  the  family  tradition  being  identical 
with  the  device  used  by  the  Trumhullsof  New  England,  both  names  Trimble  and  Trum- 
bull, said  to  be  corruptions  of  the  original  Scotch  Turnbull.—"  Americans  of  Gentle 
Turth."    Mrs.  H.  D.  l'ittman,  St.  Louis,  1902. 


196  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  Duly, 

dence  in  Pennsylvania,  joined  the  tide  of  emigration  to  Virginia 
and  were  among  the  first  settlers  in  the  Valley,  between  t]  - 
North  and  South  Mountains,  comprehending  the  County  (  j 
Augusta,  then  the  frontier  county  of  the  colony. 

John  Trimble  and  one  of  his  brothers,  James,  I  think,  were 
among  the  adventurers,  but  the  other  brothers  remained  in  Penn- 
sylvania. 

The  privations  and  hardships  incident  to  the  settlement  of  a 
new  country  were  greatly  increased  by  the  dangers  to  which  the 
first  settlers  were  exposed. 

Although  the  Indian  tribes  had  retired  to  the  Ohio,  and  to  the 
country  north-west  of  that  river,  they  claimed  that  their  hunting 
parties  occupied  the  entire  region  north-west  of  the  Allegheny, 
and  they  made  frequent  attacks  upon  the  settlements  east  of  the 
Blue  Ridge  and  in  the  Valley  from  Winchester  to  the  James  river, 
and  the  inhabitants  were  forced  very  often  to  abandon  their  im- 
provements and  protect  themselves  by  erecting  Block-houso. 
Here  several  families  could  congregate  and  together  defend  them- 
selves against  the  sudden  attacks  of  the  enemy.  This  state  of 
things  continued  several  years  previous  to  1760  and  afterward  s 
up  to  1774.  When  General  Lewis,  with  his  Western  Virginians, 
called  Virginia  Brigade,  in  the  hard  fought  and  bloody  battle  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Great  Kanawha,  defeated  the  combined  forct  s 
of  the  North-west  Indians,  under  Logan  and  the  Chief  called 
"Corn-stalk",  a  temporary  respite  followed.  Peace  was  imme- 
diately afterwards  made  by  Governor  Dunmore  with  these  tribes 
at  their  towns,  or  more  properly  called  "villages",  on  the  Scioto 
river  at  Doit  Charlotte,  R.  Mausais,  and  also  the  old  town  row 
called  Chillicothe  (then  only  an  Indian  lodge),  where  they  raised 
their  teppees. 

Thus  were  those  pioneers  of  the  border  of  Virginia  schooled  for 
the  trials  they  underwent  during  the  Revolution.  For  as  soon 
as  the  war  commenced  between  the  Colonies  and  the  Motl  ■  r 
Country,  the  savages  commenced  hostilities  anew  under  the  pro- 
tection of  the  British  Government;  and  from  1776  to  1784  con- 
tinued to  war  against  the  whites,  and  were  not  subdued  until  di  • 
feated  by  General  Anthony  Wayne  in  the  memorable  battle  oi 
the  Maumee  River,  of  the  Lake,  in  1794. 

Governor  Dunmore,  with  the  main  body  of  the  army,  marched 
from  Richmond  by  Winchester  to  the  mouth  of  the  Little  Kana- 
wha, intending  to  drop  down  and  join  Lewis  at  Point  Pleasant. 


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1900.]  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  197 

But  the  Indians,  aware  of  the  movement  of  the  army,  supposing 
Lewis  to  be  off  his  guard  and  on  the  Ohio,  above  the  Point, 
attacked  him  before  the  arrival  of  Dunmore  and  were  defeated, 
although  Dunmore  did  not  come  to  his  rescue. 

To  continue  with  the  history  of  our  ancestry.  My  father, 
James  Trimble,  was  born  in  1753,  near  Staunton,  Augusta 
County,  Virginia.  He  was  the  only  child  of  John  Trimble  and 
his  wife,  Polly  Christian,  who  had  been  previously  married  to 
John  Moffitt.3  She  had  several  children,  namely,  George,  Robert 
William,  Katherine  and  Hannah  Moffitt. 

About  the  year  1763,  a  party  of  Indians  from  the  Wyandotte 
tribe,  north-west  of  the  Ohio  river,  under  the  command  of  a 
white  man  called  Dickerson,  made  an  excursion  to  the  settle- 
ment in  Augusta,  County  Va.,  killed  several  persons  and  took 
some  six  or  eight  prisoners.  My  grandfather  was  killed  and  my 
father  and  his  half-sister,  Katy,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Estell,  and 
also  a  negro  boy,  were  taken  prisoners,  but  grandmother  and  an 
apprenticed  woman  escaped. 

Dickerson,  after  plundering  the  house  of  what  could  be  packed 
on  four  horses  which  he  reserved,  killing  the  balance  of  the  stock, 
both  horses  and  cattle,  and  burning  the  houses  and  barns,  then 
made  a  hasty  retreat.  George  Moffitt  (before  named),  raised 
a  party  of  twenty-five  men  and  on  the  following  day  was  in  pur- 
suit of  the  Indians.  But  Dickerson  having  a  day  and  night  the 
start  of  him,  and  travelling  both  night  and  day,  was  not  over- 
taven  until  he  had  crossed  the  Allegheny  Mountains,  and  this 
was  a  great  advantage  to  the  Indian  marauders.  On  the  fifth 
day,  the  Indians,  supposing  themselves  beyond  pursuit,  for  the 
first  time  encamped  for  the  night.  Moffitt  and  his  party  came 
upon  them  unexpectedly  and  after  a  short  conflict  drove  the 
Indians  from  their  encampment  and  recovered  the  prisoners  with- 
out any  loss,  the  negro  boy  only  being  wounded.  One  Indian 
was  left  on  the  ground  and  several,  as  afterwards  understood, 
were  wounded. 

Moffitt  and  his  party  encamped  on  the  battle  ground.  The 
next  morning,  after  collecting  the  horses  and  baggage,  he  began 
to  retreat.  Dickerson  followed  and  during  the  day,  whilst  cross- 
ing the  White  Mountains,  shot  one  of  Moffitt's  men,  wounding 

3.  Anions  the  stored  away  correspondence  of  thc-e  early  days  is  a  letter  from  Geo. 
Moffitt,  June  23,  IS01.  from  Augusta  County,  Va.,  to  his  brother-in-law.  Captain  James 
Trimble.  A  verv  religious  spirit  prevades  this  letter,  which  closes  with  the  Master's 
words,  "  I  am  come  that  ye  might  have  Hie,  and  that  ye  might  have  it  more  abuudently." 


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him  severely,  so  much  so  that  he  was  carried  on  a  bed  to  tin- 
settlement. 

After  the  return  of  Moffitt  and  his  party,  with  the  prisoners. 
the  neighbors  collected  and  put  up  a  small  house  for  the  discon- 
solate widow  and  her  little  family  and  furnished  them  with  the 
necessaries  of  life  until  they  were  able  to  supply  themselves  upon 
their  own  farm. 

I  have  often  heard  my  grandmother  speak  of  an  incident  that 
•occurred  at  that  period  which  she  regarded  as  a  special  interpo- 
sition of  Providence. 

And  this  is  the  story  which  she  said  was  true:  'The  evening 
after  the  family  went  into  the  new  cabin  the  negro,  woman,  a 
native  of  Africa,  came  to  her  mistress  and  told  her  that  a  cow- 
stood  at  the  gate.  As  all  of  their  cattle  had  been  killed  by  the 
Indians,  her  mistress  told  her  that  the. cow  must  belong  to  some 
of  the  neighbors  and  that  she  should  drive  her  away.  The  order 
was  obeyed,  but  the  next  morning  the  plaintive  low  of  the  poor 
cow  was  heard  at  the  gate  again.  They  drove  her  some  distance 
in  the  direction  from  which  she  came,  after  having  supplied 
themselves  with  milk.  This  was  done  for  several  days,  the  cow- 
still  returning.  Then  notice  was  sent  to  the  different  settlements 
of  the  stray  cow,  but  strange  to  relate,  no  owner  came  to  clarrn 
her.  vShe  gave  a  rich  supply  of  milk  for  eight  months.  Then, 
what  is  the  most  strange  part  of  this  episode,  when  a  cow  was 
obtained  by  the  family,  the  stray  cow  left,  and  was  never  again 
seen,  or  even  heard  of,  either  by  the  family  or,  indeed,  by  any  of 
their  friends  or  neighbors. 

Was  not  this  a  strange  and  kind  gift  of  Providence?  It  im- 
pressed me  when  I  heard  it  from  grandmother,  so  much  that  I 
have  never  forgotten  it,  nor  do  I  think  any  one  will  forget  it  who 
hears  it  related. 

From  this  period  (17G3),  the  family  composed  of  the  mother 
and  son  with  two  daughters  and  two  domestics,  Adam  and  Milly. 
Africans,  commenced  anew  on  their  farm  that  had  so  recently 
been  laid  waste,  under  circumstances  so  afflicting;  and  with  their 
accustomed  industry  soon  were  in  possession  of  the  necessaries 
of  life,  and  would  have  enjoyed  its  comforts,  but  for  the  con- 
tinued apprehension  of  danger  from  savage  visitation,  to  which 
they  were  continually  exposed  for  the  next  ten  years,  which  was 
up  to  1774. 


1900.]  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble,  199 


When  an  expedition  under  the  Governor  of  Virginia  (Dun- 
more),  of  which  the  left  wing  was  under  General  Lewis  with  his 
Veteran  Virginia  Riflemen,  met  and  conquered  the  combined 
forces  of  the  Ohio  Indians  at  the  mouth  of  the  Great  Kanahwa, 
a  temporary  suspension  of  hostilities  was  provided.  My  father 
was  in  that  memorable  battle  and  accompanied  Governor  Dun- 
more,  who  was  the  Colonial  Governor  of  Virginia,  in  his  pursuit 
of  the  Indians  on  their  retreat  from  Point  Pleasant  after  their 
defeat  by  Governor  Lewis,  to  Fort  Charlotte,  in  the  Pickaway 
Plains  near  Circleville,  Ohio,  where  the  defeated  Chiefs,  in  obe- 
dience to  a  summons  from  the  Governor,  met  him  and  concluded 
the  peace  referred  to. 

After  the  close  of  the  campaign  (the  result  of  which  it  was  hoped 
would  give  peace  to  the  western  border  of  Virginia),  father  mar- 
ried Patsy  McNair,  whose  family  was  of  Scotch  descent  and 
among  the  emigrants  referred  to.  She  lived  but  a  short  period 
after  giving  birth  to  her  first  child,  leaving  to  her  bereaved  hus- 
band the  care  of  an  infant  daughter  and  an  aged  mother  whose 
very  existence  seemed  to  depend  upon  her  son.  About  this  time 
the  American  Revolution  began  and  he  was  strongly  inclined  to 
leave  his  family  and  join  the  American  army,  but  the  entreaties 
of  his  mother  to  remain  and  assist  (as  he  had  done)  in  defending 
their  own  state  from  renewed  Indian  hostilities,  prevailed.  There- 
fore, he  enrolled  himself  with  the  State  troops  and  was  actively 
engaged  on  the  western  borders  of  Virginia  from  the  commence- 
ment to  the  close  of  the  Revolution.  The  British  Government,, 
through  the  influence  of  her  traders  and  by  large  donations,  in- 
duced the  Indians  to  renewed  hostilities  against  the  frontier  of 
Virginia  and  Pennsylvania. 

During  this  period  he  married  Jane  Allen,  daughter  of  James, 
and  Margaret  Allen,  (Margaret  was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Anderson),  both  of  Augusta  County,  Virginia,  whose  ancestors, 
were  among  the  first  settlers  of  that  county.  James  Allen  had 
two  brothers,  John  and  Hugh.  John  was  in  Grant's  defeat  and 
was  supposed  to  have  been  killed.  Hugh  was  a  Lieutenant  in 
the  Virginia  Brigade,  commanded  by  General  Lewis,  and  fell  in 
the  bloody  battle  at  Point  Pleasant  in  1774,  gallantly  leading 
his  command  in  a  charge  upon  the  enemy.  He  left  three  sons, 
John,  William  and  Hugh;  and  two  daughters.  Hugh  married 
our  half  sister,  Hannah.  The  sons  all  removed  to  Kentucky  and 
settled  on  land  granted  to  them  and  their  father  for  his  military 


200  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  [July, 

services.  John  being  the  oldest  son,  was  by  the  (then)  Law  of 
Virginia,  entitled  to  the  whole  of  the  lands,  but  with  a  generosity 
rarely  met  with,  he  gave  his  brothers  an  equal  share  of  the  inher- 
itance. Our  father  purchased  a  part  of  those  lands  in  Wood- 
ford County,  Kentucky,  upon  which  he  settled  in  1784,  and  upon 
which  he  lived  until  the  year  of  his  death,  1804  (only  51  years 
of  age). 

My  maternal  grandparents  reared  a  large  family,  which  con- 
sisted of  two  sons,  William  and  James,  and  eight  daughters, 
Jane,  Ann,  Betsy,  Mary,  Rebecca,  Peggy,  Sally  and  Nancy.  The 
first  was  my  mother;  the  second  married  George  Poague;  the 
third,  James  M.  McCue;  the  fourth,  Nicholas  Lewis;4  the  fifth, 
John  Cranford;  the  sixth,  William  Bell;  the  seventh,  James  Bell, 
and  the  eighth  and  last,  Samuel  Frame.  All  of  whom  left  large 
families,  some  of  them  very  large,  numbering  from  eight  to  twelve 
children  each. 

My  grandmother  Allen's  family  were  also  numerous.  I  recol- 
lect her  brother  William,  who  removed  to  Kentucky  in  1784,  and 
with  our  family  lived  in  Jessamine  County,  and  he  also  raised  a 
large  family,  and  all  of  them  stood  in  good  credit.  The  brother 
Andrew  retained  the  old  homestead  of  his  mother's  family.  This 
homestead  was  located  in  Augusta  County,  Virginia,  where  he 
lived  and  died.  Although  not  a  man  of  distinguished  ability, 
he  was  popular  and  represented  Augusta  County  in  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Virginia  longer  than  any  other  man  ever  had  before  him, 
and  just  as  long  as  he  desired.  Robert,  the  older  brother,  re- 
moved to  South  Carolina.  He  was  a  man  of  decided  talent  and 
occupied  a  very  respectable  position  in  society,  both  as  a  public 
and  private  citizen,  and  his  family  are  said  to  be  numerous  and 
highly  respectable. 

My  honored  father  had  no  relatives  of  his  own  name  nearer 
than  uncles  and  first  cousins.  John,  Alexander,  Moses  and  Wil- 
liam were  of  this  latter  class.  They  resided  in  Rockbridge  City. 
Virginia.     John  married  and  removed  to  Tennessee.     In  after 


4.  Hector  Lewis  writes  in  180a  from  Lexington,  and  Thomas  Lewis  in  1808,  in  which 
the  names  of  Robert  Todd  and  William  Lytle  occur:  also  about  the  Parker  survey  inn<i 
titles,  referenre  in  this  letter  to  General  Nathaniel  Massie—  Thomas  Lewis  writes  in  ItOS. 
As  early  as  1810,  Asa  O.  Lewis,  one  of  the  executors  of  Thomas  L.  Lewis,  of  Lexington, 
Ky.,  writes  in  regard  to  lands.  The  chirogoraphy  of  the  Lewis  family  is  exceptionally 
good.  We  find  other  letters  written  in  bsio,  for  instance,  from  Goochland  Comity,  Va.. 
from  Thomas  Pemberton.  on  paper  which  now  has  turned  as  brown  as  "  raw  sienna."  or 
the  parchment  land  grants  sigaed  by  our  early  Presidents.  This  Thomas  Pemberton 
writes  about  one  thousand  acres  of  land  on  Paint  Greek,  and  on  Little  Miami,  one  thou- 
sand acres,  the  road  from  Chilocha  (Chillicothe)  to  Lima.  Mas.  Through  this  tract  be 
say*— afterwards  purchased, ,  we  think,  by  Captain  James  Trimble,  father  of  Alien 
Trimble. 


-MV. 


1906.]  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  201 

years  I  met  one  of  his  sons,  James  Trimble,  in  the  year  1802,  at 
Claiborne  Court  House,  Tennessee,  attending  Court  as  an  at- 
torney at  Law  and  I  found  him  a  very  interesting  and  promising 
young  man,  and,  as  I  years  afterwards  undertsood  from  Judge 
White  of  that  state,  he  fully  met  the  hopes  and  expectations  of 
his  friends.  He  died  leaving  one  son,  Alexander,  who  married, 
lived  and  died  near  Lexington,  Virginia,  leaving  no  children  and 
his  wife  a  very  superior  woman,  was  a  Miss  Grigsby.  Of  Moses 
and  his  family,  I  have  no  particular  knowledge.  William  was 
a  very  active  business  man,  and  died  whilst  Sheriff  of  Rockbridge 
County,  Virginia,  unmarried. 

Another  family  of  our  name  came  from  Virginia  and  settled 
in  Clark  County,  Kentucky.  Robert,  one  of  the  sons,  was  edu- 
cated at  a  Classical  School  in  the  County  of  Woodford,  which 
was  taught  by  Messrs.  Steel  and  Moore.  He,  Robert,  was  often 
at  our  house,  some  four  miles  from  the  Academy.  Our  fathers 
had  met  and  conversed  upon  the  subject  and  concluded  that 
they  were  connections,  and  cousins.  Afterwards  when  he,  Rob- 
ert, became  the  distinguished  lawyer  and  judge  of  the  United 
State  Supreme  Court,  I  conversed  with  him,  as  did  my  brother, 
William  A.  Trimble,  who  read  law  in  his  office,  upon  the  subject 
of  our  family  connections,  and  it  was  concluded  that  we  were 
united  by  kindred  and  that  a  consciousness  of  the  fact  should 
strengthen  the  ties  of  friendship  and  high  regard  which  we  bore 
to  each  other. 

After  the  death  of  my  brother,  William  A.  Trimble,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1821,  I  met  Judge  Trimble  when  attending  the  Court  at  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio,  and  in  referring  to  the  death  of  my  brother,  his 
pupil,  his  jriend  and  his  relative,  he  said:  "He  could  not  express 
his  sorrow  for  the  sad  and  painful  event. "  "  That  no  young  man 
had  left  his  office  better  prepared  for  a  career  of  usefulness  and 
honour  than  William  A.  Trimble,  and  to  be  let  down  so  early  in 
life  was  to  him  a  saddening  thought.  "5 

How  little  did  this  distinguished  man  think  that  his  own  bril- 
liant career  was  so  soon  to  terminate;  and  his  family,  his  friends 
and  his  country  be  called  upon  to  mourn  over  the  loss  of  a  hus- 
band, a  father,  a  friend  and  one  of  the  most  gifted  and  pure  men 
of  the  nation.  But  so  it  was,  Robert  Trimble  was  cut  off  in  the 
meridian  of  life,  when  his  great  powers  as  a  jurist  were  just  be- 
ginning to  unfold  themselves. 

5.  See  the  Life  of  Lieut. -Col.  Wra,  A.  Trimble,  United  States  Senator,  published  in 
the  Arehaelogical  and  Historical  Quarterly,  July,  190.3.    Written  by  Mary  McA.  T.  Tuttie. 


202  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  [July, 

There  were  other  members  of  this  family,  both  brothers  and 
sisters  of  Robert,  although  less  distinguished  but  highly  respect- 
able. John,  a  younger  brother,  became  a  lawyer  and  judge  in 
Kentucky  of  some  note.  They  also  had  sisters,  one  of  whom 
wTas  a  women  of  uncommon  talent,  but  I  have  forgotten  her 
maiden  name,  nor  can  I  remember  the  name  of  the  man  she 
married. 

Now,  there  was  also  another  family  of  our  name,  who  emigrated 
to  Ohio  from  Virginia,  though  of  the  Virginia-Maryland  off- 
shoot. They  had  resided  in  Pennsylvania,  and  John  Trimble, 
the  father,  had  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  I  knew  David, 
the  elder.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  talent,  took  an  active  part  in  the 
War  of  1812,  as  aid-de-camp  to  General  Harrison,  with  the  rank 
of  Major  and  represented  the  Mount  Sterling  District,  in  Ken- 
tucky (where  he  had  settled)  for  several  years  in  the  Congress 
of  the  United  States,  and  afterwards  engaged  largely  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  Iron  in  Greenup,  which  caused  embarrassment  and 
failure.'6 

His  brother,  John,  was  Clerk  of  the  Court  in  Greenup.  Wil- 
liam was  made,  by  President  John  Quincy  Adams,  a  district 
judge  in  Arkansas,  and  Isaac,  the  other  brother,  who  was  edu- 
cated at  West  Point,  served  as  an  engineer  of  some  of  the  public 
works  in  Pennsylvania,  settled  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  and  was 
continued  as  engineer  for  many  years. 

Nancy,  the  eldest  daughter  of  this  family,  married  Joshua 
Woodrow.  Sallie  married  a  Mr.  Starr,  who  died  leaving  her  a 
widow  with  two  children.  The  eldest,  Sarah  Ann,  my  oldest 
son,  Joseph  McDowell  Trimble,  took  to  wife.  The  third  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Trimble,  whose  name  was  Charity,  married  James 
McClintock,7  of  Chillicothe,  and  Catherine  married  Isaiah  Morris, 
of  Wilmington,  Ohio. 

6.  Washington,  March  24, 1824. 
Dear  Sir— If  you  hoar  from    *    *    *    I  will  inform  him  of  the    *    w    *    proposition 

you  make,  but  have  been  told  that  he  has  sold  his  warrant.  Mr.  Clay  goes  on  very  well, 
and  I  am  pretty  sure  that  he  will  be  one  of  the  three  highest,  and  if  he  comes  onto  the 
House,  he  will*,  no  doubt,  be  the  President,  for  he  can  beat  any  of  them  in  that  body,  ' 
am  in  better  spirits  as  to  his  prospects  than  I  have  been  at  any  anterior  period.  Ii  New 
York  goes  for  Crawford.  Adams  is  done,  and  if  for  Adams,  Crawford  is  done,  but  in  th« 
meantime  it  may  go  for  Mr.  Clay,  or  some  part  of  it. 

At  the  end  of  the  session  I  will  write  you  at  large  ou  the  subject.  Lssac  Trimble  wiJ  I 
be  at  Woodrows  in  about  six  weeks.  lie"  is  to  resign  his  place  in  the  army  and  go  to 
Transylvania  University. 

Giving  my  respects  to  all  my  relations,  I  am,  Your  friend, 

D.  Trim  hi. k. 

P.  S.— The  Supreme  Court  has  just  decided  the  lea?e  of  Dodridge  &  Co.,  and  the  <K  ci- 
sion  is  in  favor  ot  McArthur,  who  gets  about  14,000  acres  of  land  between  the  measure*- 
The  opinion  being  "that  the  laud  was  reserved  to  satisfy  Military  Warrants  and  not  sub- 
ject to  sale. 

7.  For  a  genealogy  of  this  family  see  Quarterly,  Vol.  VII,  p.  75. 


1900.]  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  203 

This  family,  with  most  of  whom  I  was  intimately  acquainted. 
was  supposed  to  have  descended  from  one  of  the  four  brothers 
before  referred  to,  that  remained  in  Pennsylvania  several  years 
after  the  emigration  to  America.  And  now  it  only  remains  to 
speak  of  the  Christies  (or  as  some  have  written  the  name,  Chris- 
tian), a  branch  of  my  father's  family. 

They  belonged  to  the  Clags,  or  Clans,  of  the  Scotch-Irish  emi- 
grants, before  referred  to,  some  of  whom  settled  in  Augusta 
County,  Virginia,  on  a  stream  that  took  their  name,  i.  e., "  Christy 
Creek"  or  "Christies  Creek".  They,  as  all  the  original  families 
of  Trimbles,  Aliens  and  Andersons,  were  free-holders — indepen- 
dent farmers  and  respectable  citizens.  Grandfather  Allen  (in 
addition  to  farming  operations)  manufactured  spinning  wheels 
extensively,  for  he  had  learned  the  trade  in  his  youth  and  finding 
the  flax  wheel  an  indispensible  article,  he  obtained  a  set  of  tools 
and  for  many  years  supplied  the  demand  in  western  Virginia, 
and  to  some  extent  east  of  the  Blue  Ridge  mountains  with  this 
article  of  household  furniture,  found  in  every  well  regulated  fam- 
ily, and  used  with  great  skill  and  almost  an  indispensible  article 
of  great  value. 

This  extraordinary  man  was  a  superior  mechanic  by  nature 
and  also  a  model  farmer,  a  kind  husband  and  father,  and  admired 
for  his  virtues  as  a  citizen.  But  above  all,  was  he  distinguished 
for  his  pure,  unobtrusive  and  deep  piety.  He  was  a  Presbyter- 
ian, without  that  rigidity  that  sometimes  leaves  its  impress  up- 
on even  the  face  of  the  votaries.  I  remember  when  in  1797,  I 
think  it  was,  he,  with  his  wife,  visited  their  children  in  Kentucky, 
my  mother,  aunt  Mary  Lewis,  and  William  Allen.  They  spent 
much  of  their  time  at  our  house.  They  must  have  been  near  70 
years  old,  and  they  rode  on  horse-back  from  Virginia  to  Ken- 
tucky, 500  miles,  and  after  paying  a  visit  of  six  months,  returned 
as  they  came.  •         , 

He  was  a  small  man,  about  5  feet,  8  inches  high,  weighing  150 
pounds,  finely  formed,  dark  eyes,  high  forehead  and  remarkable 
for  activity  and  strength  of  body  and  mind.  His  wife  was 
above  the  medium  height,  as  straight  as  an. arrow  and  finely  pro- 
portioned, with  a  dark  piercing  eye  and  comely  face,  and  she  was 
remarkable  for  energy  of  character  and  true  devotion  to  her 
family  and  to  the  cause  of  humanity  in  whatever  form  it  presented 
itself.  They  were  an  admirable  pair  of  the  olden  time;  not  rich, 
but  enjoying  a  comfortable  independence.     They  raised  a  large 


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family  of  children,  gave  them  a  good  education  and  also  some 
means  to  commence  the  world  with;  but  above  all,  a  moral  ami 
religious  training;  a  respectable  position,  the  sure  reward  of  vir- 
tue and  more  to  be  desired  than  gold. 

I  have  listened  with  great  interest  to  the  conversation  of  those 
dear  relatives  and  my  father's  mother  (who  lived  with  us),  upon 
the  subject  of  religion  and  politics.  They  were  of  one  faith  upon 
the  two  subjects — Scotch  Presbyterian  and  uncompromising 
Whigs.  I  recollect  when  speaking  of  their  ancestors,  they  seemed 
proud,  as  I  doubt  not  they  were,  to  say  to  their  children  and 
grandchildren,  'Our  ancestors  were  law-abiding  people;  no  one 
we  ever  heard  of  was  ever  charged  with  a  crime,  and  through  all 
the  bloody  wars  that  attended  the  Reformation,  they  to  a  man 
stood  firm  advocates  and  defenders  of  civil  and  religious  freedom." 
I  feel  proud  of  my  ancestry  and  family  and  hope  those  who  fol- 
low me  of  my  kindred,  will  cherish  a  similar  sentiment. 

I  know  of  but  one  instance  of  a  blood  relative  being  charged 
and  convicted  of  a  criminal  offence,  and  that  case  I  will  state,  so 
that  those  who  follow  me,  may  be  careful  to  avoid  the  same  haz- 
ardous rocks  and  shoals: 

Robert  Trimble,  a  distant  relative  of  my  father,  married  Han- 
nah Moffet,  a  half  sister.  They  moved  to  Kentucky  at  an  early 
period  and  settled  in  Bourbon  County,  where  they  remained  for 
several  years.  When  the  game  became  scarce  in  that  particular 
region,  (for  he  was  a  great  hunter  and  also  Indian  fighter,  and 
great  in  nothing  else),  he  removed  with  a  large  family  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Cumberland,  Kentucky.  Here  his  third  son, 
James,  a  man  of  some  enterprise  and  also  a  practical  surveyor, 
found  profitable  employment  in  re-surveying  old  land  claims  and 
made  a  good  deal  of  money.  Now,  William  and  Robert,  two 
younger  brothers,  served  as  chainmen  for  their  brother.  Robert 
was  an'  active  bold,  young  man,  who  had  been  brought  up  idly 
and  had  no  relish  for  chain  carrying.  A  man  named  Nolan,  who 
had  been  in  the  country  west  of  the  Mississippi  river  among  the 
Mexicans  and  Indians,  and  had  acquired  the  art  of  catching  wild 
horses,  so  abundant  in  that  wild  country  at  that  time  and  for 
many  years  since,  came  into  the  lower  part  of  Kentucky,  and 
having  disposed  of  the  horses,  which  he  had  driven  with  him. 
proposed  to  raise  a  company  of  young  men  to  join  him  in  the 
trade,  which  he  assured  them  was  not  only  lucrative  but  fascin- 
ating in  the  extreme.     This  new  enterprise  suited  the  genius  of 


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voung  Robert  Trimble  and  he  immediately  embarked  in  it,  with 
ail  his  soul  and  also  with  high  hopes;  dropped  the  surveying 
chain,  collected  some  funds  and  started  to  San  Antonio  with 
Nolan. 

The  party  bought  from  the  owners  of  those  herds  of  wild  horses 
the  privilege  of  harpooning  or  lassooning  them,  as  they  called  it, 
as  many  as  they  desired,  and  they  were  successful  in  securing  all 
they  purchased  and  when  sufficiently  tamed  were  brought  to 
Kentucky  and  Tennessee  for  sale.  Robert  Trimble's  share  of 
the  profits  of  the  enterprise  was  a  subject  of  conversation  in  the 
county  where  he  lived,  and  the  Sheriff,  whose  name  I  have  for- 
gotten, remarked:  'That,  Bob  Trimble  could  well  afford  to  sell 
horses  low,  as  he  had  stolen  every  one  of  them, "  or  such  language 
as  implied  that  he,  Trimble,  was  a  genuine  'horse  thief  ".  When 
Bob,  as  he  was  called,  heard  of  the  remark  of  the  Sheriff,  he  said 
he  would  see  the  Sheriff,  and  if  he  refused  to  give  him  satisfaction 
he  would  kill  him.  So  his  good  family  endeavored  to  disuade 
him  from  executing  his  reckless  threat,  but  it  was  in  vain,  as  he 
had  been  long  enough  in  the  great  West  to  use  a  "gun"  with 
precision,  and  to  also  consider  human  life  not  worth  a  dare  or 
41  the  lie." 

The  next  day  he  armed  himself  with  a  brace  of  pistols  and 
started  to  the  dwelling  of  the  Sheriff.  William  Trimble,  his 
brother,  followed,  overtook  and  endeavored  to  prevent  his  broth- 
er from  proceeding  to  such  extremities.  Thus  they  rode  on  to- 
gether, Bob  insisting  on  William  accompanying  him  to  the  resi-. 
dence  of  the  Sheriff  and  witness  the  result,  which  he  did.  When 
they  arrived,  Robert  rode  within  ten  steps  of  the  door  and  called 
to  the  Sheriff,  who  anticipated  the  object  of  Trimble's  visit,  took 
down  his  rifle  from  a  rack  above  the  door  and  then,  without  re- 
plying to  Trimble's  inquiry,  "If  he  had  charged  him  with  horse- 
stealing," came  to  the  door  and  when  in  the  act  of  taking  aim 
at  Trimble,  the  latter  shot  him  through  the  heart  and  he  fell  dead 
on  the  spot. 

The  occurrence  caused  great  excitement  in  the  county.  The 
Sheriff  was  respectably  connected  and  said  to  be  a  relative  ol 
the  then  Governor  of  Kentucky,  Isaac  Shelby. 

Robert  Trimble  made  his  escape,  although  a  reward  of  S500 
was  offered  for  his  arrest  by  the  Governor.  William  Trimble 
was  arrested  and  tried  as  an  accessory,  found  guilty  and  sent  to 
the  penitentiary.     It  was  said  that  Robert  went  to  Texas  and, 


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under  a  different  name,  fought  against  the  American  Govern 
ment  and  against  the  British  under  General  Jackson. 

Immediately  after  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  my  father  visit* 
Kentucky  to  locate  the  land  warrants  which  he  had  obtains! 
his  services  during  the  wars  wTith  the  Indians  and  British,  and  i  :. 
his  return  to  Virginia,  he  described  the  country  he  had  seen  t  . 
my  mother  and  they  determined  to  remove  as  soon  as  arranj.  - 
ments  could  be  made  for  the  purpose.  A  number  of  families  in 
Augusta  County,  from  the  representations  they  had  heard  of 
Kentucky,  concluded  to  make  it  their  home.  William  And<  r- 
son,  an  uncle,  and  William  Allen,  a  brother  of  my  mother,  also 
Robert  Trimble  and  a  distant  relative  by  the  name  of  Joseph 
Colvin,  w7ith  several  others,  agreed  to  write  and  unite  and  form 
an  emigrating  company.  In  the  autumn  of  1784,  (October,  1 
think,  was  the  exact  month),  they  commenced  the  long  journey. 
Notice  had  been  given  of  the  time  of  starting  and  also  the  piact 
of  rendezvous,  and  when  they  arrived  at  Beans  Station  and  Hol- 
ston  river,  the  frontier  fort  and  place  of  meeting,  near  five  hun- 
dred persons,  men,  women  and  children,  were  assembled. 

Colonel  Knox,  of  Revolutionary  memory  and  fame,  was  of 
the  number  and  chosen  by  acclamation  to  take  command.  After 
a  day's  rest  and  preparation  for  entering  the  Wilderness,  Clinch 
Mountain  was  in  view  and  first  to  cross  by  a  serpentine  trail 
around  craggy  peaks,  and  through  narrow  defiles  where  ten  In- 
dians could  defeat  one  hundred  men.  The  Colonel  appointed  a 
guard  of  ten  men  to  go  in  advance  and  patrol  the  mountain  on 
both  sides  of  the  trail,  and  when  they  arrived  at  Clinch  river, 
which  swept  the  western  base  of  the  mountain,  if  no  signs  of  In- 
dians appeared,  to  cross  the  river  and  take  a  hasty  view  of  the 
valley  in  the  west  shore,  and  be  prepared  to  act  as  circumstances 
required,  while  the  main  body  would  cross  the  river.  My  father 
was  of  this  guard.  A  rear  guard  was  also  selected.  Colonel 
Knox  headed  the  line,  and  when  near  the  top  of  the  mountain, 
several  miles  from  its  eastern  base,  a  messenger  overtook  him. 
with  the  information  that  the  pack  horses  of  a  certain  family 
were  unable  to  climb  the  mountain  and  without  assistance  would 
be  left  and  probably  massacred  by  the  Indians,  who  had  been 
discovered  on  a  spur  of  the  mountain,  watching  the  movements 
of  the  emigrants.  • 

Colonel  Knox  turned  to  my  mother,  who  was  with  the  front 
guard  of  the  train,  and  she  was  exactly  in  front  and  very  near 


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lo  him,  and  requested  her  to  march  on  to  the  river,  where  she 
would  meet  the  front  guard  and  he  would  return  and  bring  the 
distressed  family. 

When  my  mother  reached  the  river,  the  front  guard  had  crossed 
and  were  posted  on  the  opposite  bank.  The  ford  was  a  difficult 
one,  running  up  near  the  shore,  which  was  rock  bound  150  yards, 
and  then  forming  the  segment  of  a  circle,  reaching  the  western 
bank  some  distance,  say  50  yards  higher  than  the  entrance  on 
the  east  shore.  It  was  called  a  'horse-shoe"  ford.  Mother 
was  not  aware  of  its  character.  The  bottom  from  the  foot  of 
the  mountain  to  the  ford  was  narrow  and  the  emigrants  in  the 
rear  were  crowding  upon  those  in  front,  and  the  pack-horses 
rushing  in  towards  the  front.  Mother's  horse  became  restless 
and  started  for  the  opposite  bank  and  proceeded  only  a  short 
distance  before  she  was  aware  that  he  was  far  gone  into  the  dan- 
gerous quick-sand.  She  found  it  impossible  to  turn  her  spirited 
horse,  and  with  a  presence  of  mind,  which  she  had  beyond  most 
mortals  and  which  never  forsook  her,  she  gave  this  splendid  horse 
the  rein,  caught  her  little  son,  not  three  years  old,  who  rode  be- 
hind her,  when  her  husband  was  on  duty,  as  he  then  was,  she. 
brought  him  to  her  lap,  (the  little  boy),  where  I,  a  feeble  infant, 
eleven  months  old,  was  reposing;  grasping  both  of  us  with  her 
left  arm,  and  her  horse's  mane  with  her  right  hand,  and  thus 
adjusted  for  the  fearful  adventure,  amid  loud  exclaims  of  ' '  She's 
lost!"  'Turn  back!"  "Oh!  Save  her!"  With  a  firm  reliance 
upon  Divine  Providence  and  her  noble  horse,  she  stemmed  the 
billows  of  the  rugged  Clinch  River  and  arrived  safely  with  her 
precious  charge  on  the  opposite  bank,  amid  palpitating  hearts. 
My  father,  supposing  it  impossible  for  any  horse  to  bear  himself 
and  rider,  over  such  a  boisterous  mass  of  water  for  three  hundred 
yards,  stood  upon  the  other  bank,  prepared  for  any  emergency 

The  wife  of  William  Irvin  was  next  to  my  mother  when  she 
entered  the  river  and  followed  her  until  she  saw  her  getting  into 
such  deep,  dangerous  water,  when  she  wheeled  her  horse  sudden- 
ly, which  threw  him,  the  horse,  into  deep  water  that  floated  from 
under  her.  She  had  two  little  negro  children  which  she  carried 
in  a  wallet  across  her  saddle.  But  for  the  large  bag,  which  in- 
closed the  little  darkies  (all  but  their  heads),  they  would  have 
been  drowned.  But  Mr.  Wilson,  who  was  an  admirable  swimmer, 
watched  the  opportunity  of  recovering  the  bag  and  its  dark  con- 
tents, and  as  it  passed  a  bend  in  the  river,  he  caught  it  and 


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brought  the  little  fellows  safely  to  the  shore.  Mrs.  Irwin  and 
her  horse  were  saved  and  the  little  army,  soon  as  they  saw  nvi 
mother  safe  and  understood  the  ford,  proceeded  and  crossed  t!.< 
river  without  any  loss.  Then  Colonel  Knox  soon  followed  with 
the  rear  guard,  bringing  with  them  the  family  that  had  been  lcit 
on  the  east  side  of  the  mountain.  When  he  had  learned  what 
had  happened  to  my  mother  in  consequence  of  not  being  in- 
formed of  the  character  of  the  ford,  he  expressed  to  her  his  deep 
regret  that  she  had  been  exposed  to  such  fearful  danger,  but  r<  - 
joiced  that  she  had  proved  herself  equal  to  the  emergency  and 
had  with  her  precious  charge  been  so  miraculously  preserved. 
He  said  he  had  not,  during  his  whole  life,  known  of  such  an  ex- 
hibition of  female  presence  of  mind,  courage  and  skill  as  she  had 
shown  and  demonstrated  on  this  most  wonderful  and  dangerous 
occasion,  and  he  added:  "That  when  the  noble  horse  struck  the 
opposite  river  bank,  there  was  a  dead  silence  at  first,  that  had 
followed  the  lamentations  of  the  women  when  she  had  started, 
and  then  this  silence  was  followed  by  a  shout  of  joy  from  both 
sides  of  the  Clinch  River,  that  drowned,  for  a  moment,  the  dash- 
ing, turbulent  waters  of  that  dark  stream,  and  sent  its  echo  far 
up  the  gorges  of  the  old  mountain  and  down  the  valley  of  the 
river,     She's  saved!    She's  saved!'  " 

By  this  time  the  day  was  far  spent  and  it  was  determined  to 
encamp  for  the  night  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  just  below  the 
ford,  and  Colonel  Knox  and  his  associates,  for  he  had  a  large 
number  of  experienced  and  brave  men  to  rely  upon,  laid  out  the 
encampment  in  expectation  of  an  attack  from  the  Indians;  for 
Indians  had  been  seen  all  during  the  crossing  of  the  mountain  by 
spies  the  entire  day,  watching  carefully,  as  an  Indian  only  can 
do,  the  movements  of  the  emigrant  train. 

The  river  protected  one  line  of  the  camp,  then  the  horses  were 
all  tied  in  the  centre,  and  the  pack  saddles  were  strewed  within 
the  upper  line  from  the  river  bank,  back,  and  also  protected  by 
a  strong  guard.  The  lower  and  back  lines  by  the  balance  of  the 
men.  Then  the  women  who  were  armed,  as  most  of  them  were 
with  pistols,  took  positions  with  their  husbands.  The  balance 
of  the  women  and  children  were  placed  in  a  position  near  the 
river,  supposed  to  be  the  safest.  And  thus  arranged,  watch  was 
kept  up  during  the  night  by  sentinels  closely  posted  on  the  lines 
soon  after  dark  (and  it  was  a  dismal  night  and  with  rain).  The 
Indians  were  heard  in  the  adjoining  woods,  howling  like  wolves 


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and  "Hoo!  Hoo!-ing"  like  owls,  until  midnight,  after  which  an 
attack  was  expected.  But  it  was  supposed  the  tires  that  had 
been  kindled  and  kept  burning  some  distance  outside  the  three 
exposed  lines,  saved  them;  for  Indians  seldom  expose  themselves 
to  the  first  fire  of  their  foes,  as  they  would  have  done  by  placing 
themselves  between  the  fires  and  the  sentinels — especially, 
where,  as  in  this  case,  all  were  sentinels. 

The  next  morning,  after  allowing  their  horses  an  hour  or  two, 
both  to  graze  and  drink,  and  wringing  the  water  out  of  their  wet 
clothes,  having  been  exposed  to  a  severe  rain  during  the  night, 
and  taking  their  breakfast,  the  line  of  march  was  resumed. 

The  weather  continued  cloudy,  with  occasional  showers.  In 
addition  to  music  during  the  night  by  owls  and  wolves,  fresh 
moccasin  tracks  discovered  in  the  morning  gave  unmistakable 
evidence  of  Indians  being  on  the  lookout  for  an  opportunity  to 
obtain  scalps  or  horses,  or  both. 

As  it  was  expected  that  the ' '  Defeated  Camp  ",  as  it  was  called, 
would  be  passed  on  this  day's  march,  great  caution  was  observed, 
and  the  dreadful  massacre  that  gave  its  name  to  this  camp  im- 
pressed the  minds  of  all  with  fearful  forebodings.  And  when 
they  arrived  at  the  spot  and  saw  the  bodies  of  some  fifteen  of 
their  countrymen  strewed  upon  the  ground,  some  hawked  and 
scalped,  some  stripped  naked,  and  their  bodies  torn  by  wild 
beasts  and  vultures,  exhibiting  little  of  the  human  frame  but 
bone  and  sinew,  the  feeling  of  fear  departed  and  the  feelings  of 
humanity,  as  by  one  impulse,  banished  every  other  thought,  and 
the  men  stacked  their  arms  and  gathered  the  fragments  of  their 
slaughtered  brethern  and  gave  them  such  burial  as  in  their 
power,  sufficient  to  protect  them  from  the  wolf,  the  panther,  the 
bear  and  the  vulture.  The  performance  of  this  sacred  duty  oc- 
casioned such  delay  as  to  make  it  necessary  to  encamp  for  the 
night  at  or  near  this  'bloody  ground",  and  during  this  night, 
the  real  wolf,  panther,  bear  and  bird  of  ill  omen,  not  willing  to 
be  deprived  of  the  bones  they  had  stripped,  were  more  daring 
than  the  savage  murderers  themselves;  for  they  not  only  ap- 
proached the  encampment,  but  even  entered  the  lines  themselves 
of  an  enemy  greatly  their  superior  in  number  and  prowess.  They 
even  attempted  to  dive  under  the  frail  tents  and  very  few  eyes 
were  closed  for  the  night,  only  the  aged  and  the  little  children. 

A  large  bear  was  shot  dead  whilst  furiously  and  fearlessly  en- 
tering the  encampment  and  would  have  furnished  a  delicious 


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morsel  for  breakfast  but  for  the  fact  that  no  one  could  think  of 
eating  the  flesh  af  an  animal  that  had  been  fattening  upon  the 
flesh  and  blood  of  human  beings,  so  his  skin  was  only  taken, 
leaving  the  flesh  for  animals  that  would  relish  it. 

The  unfortunate  men  who  perished  at  this  fatal  encampment 
had  met  at  Beans  Station,  expecting  to  meet  a  large  force,  but, 
being  disappointed,  had  determined  to  take  to  the  Wilderness 
and  thus  risk  the  danger  with  the  small  number  they  had. 
Being  single  horsemen,  and  unencumbered,  they  reached  this, 
to  them,  fatal  spot,  the  first  day.  The  Indians  from  their  point 
of  lookout  on  Clinch  mountain,  discovered  them  as  they  passed, 
then  followed,  and  in  the  night  attacked,  scalped  and  butchered 
the  whole  party,  as  before  stated. 

Our  emigrants  made  an  early  start  from  this  gloomy  spot, 
and  made  a  forced  march  in  order  to  reach  a  favorable  camping 
ground  which  they  accomplished.  The  Indians,  having  ascer- 
tained the  strength  of  the  party,  the  caution  observed  on  the 
march  and  the  skillful  arrangements  for  their  defence  at  night, 
abandoned  the  plan  they  at  first  contemplated,  namely,  of  at- 
tacking the  main  body.  They  left  some  ten  of  this  party  to 
follow  in  the  rear,  pick  off  stragglers  and  steal  horses  as  circum- 
stances might  favor  their  plans,  while  the  balance  of  them  ad- 
vanced, some  seventy  or  eighty,  with  some  prisoners  they  had 
recently  taken  from  the  back  settlements  on  Holstein  stream, 
from  their  towns  north-west  of  the  Ohio  River.  (There  facts 
were  obtained  from  the  prisoners,  after  their  return  from  cap- 
tivity.) 

Not  aware  of  these  plans  of  the  Indians,  Colonel  Knox  con- 
tinued to  observe,  both  on  the  march  and  in  the  camp,  the  usual 
vigilance  and  extreme  caution,  but  nothing  occurred  of  an  un- 
common or  unusual  character,  until  they  reached  the  waters  of 
the  Cumberland  River,  except  the  unfavorable  weather  and  the 
prevalence  of  measles  among  the  little  children.  When  they 
reached  the  Cave  region  on  the  Cumberland,  the  horses  were 
trusted  in  the  Cane-brake,  outside  of  the  lines  of  the  encamp- 
ment, but  generally  with  bells  fastened  to  their  necks  and  their 
fore-feet  or  fore  and  hind  foot  tied  near  together.  Several  un- 
successful attempts  had  been  made  by  the  Indians  to  steal 
horses,  but  on  one  occasion  they  succeeded  in  getting  some  three 
or  four  separated  from  the  main  body,  loosed  the  fastenings  from 
their  legs,  stopped  the  bells  and  bore  off  the  animals;  and  dur- 


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ing  the  latter  part  of  the  previous  day,  one  of  my  father's  pack 
horses,  loaded  with  two  pine  boxes,  packed  with  axes,  drawing 
chains,  iron  wedges,  etc.,  weighing  about  200  pounds,  were 
crowded  oft"  the  road  at  a  turn  of  a  point  of  the  Cumberland 
Mountain,  and  thrown  over  a  precipice  of  fearful  height,  and 
tearing  in  its  descent  the  limbs  of  pine  trees,  not  tall  enough  to 
reach  the  point  from  which  the  animal  fell.  When  out  of  sight, 
and  the  noise  subsided,  it  was  concluded  by  the  man  who  had 
charge  of  the  pack-horses,  that  the  animal  must  surely  be  killed, 
and  to  reach  the  whereabouts  of  the  two  boxes  would  be  quite 
impracticable,  if  not  wholly  impossible,  and  he  neglected  to  re- 
port the  occurrence  to  my  father,  until  they  had  travelled  sev- 
eral miles  when  informed. 

The  determination  was  at  once  made  to  return  and  search  for 
the  poor  animal  and  the  burden  she  bore  in  the  two  pine  boxes. 
So  taking  two  men  with  him,  they  reached  the  place  where  the 
fearful  leap  was  made,  descended  the  mountain  and  to  their 
siirprise  found  the  animal  quietly  browsing  at  the  base  of  the 
precipice,  from  which  she  had  fallen.  And  the  boxes  had  been 
securely  fastened  to  a  strong  pack-saddle,  firmly  strapped  to 
the  animal  and  had  eivdently,  from  the  marks  of  broken  limbs 
that  had  yielded  to  the  force  of  the  boxes,  been  a  means  of  sup- 
porting the  whole  from  being  dashed  to  pieces,  although  the  fine 
animal  was  saved  and  the  hair  in  several  places  taken  or  rubbed 
off,  strange  to  relate,  the  injuries  were  slight.  But  the  difficult 
question  now  was,  how  were  they  to  reach  the  trail  ?  For  to  ascend 
the  mountain  was  wholly  impossible.  Night  was  also  approach- 
ing. They  did  what  is  called,  "struck  up  a  camp,"  unloaded 
and  fastened  the  animal  to  a  tree  until  morning,  when  they  re- 
placed the  pack,  and  wended  their  way  through  thick  cane- 
brakes  to  a  small  stream  that  wound  around  the  base  of  the 
mountain,  in  the  direction  they  wished  to  go,  having  had  nothing 
to  eat  from  the  previous  day. 

They  halted  to  rest  themselves  and  their  animal,  for  it  be- 
gan to  feel  the  effects  of  its  perilous  fall.  Then  a  noise  to  their 
right  attracted  their  attention  and  in  a  few  minutes  a  party  of 
their  own  men,  with  the  stolen  horses,  which  they  had  just  re- 
covered from  the  Indians,  made  their  appearance.  The  surprise 
was  mutual  and  joyful  to  each  alike,  but  it  was  soon  explained. 

The  trails  made  by  the  Indians  with  stolen  horses  was  soon 
discovered  and  pursued  so  rapidly  that  the  original  large  party 


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was  overtaken,  and  not  being  able  to  force  their  horses  through 
the  thick  cane-brakes,  the  Indians  had  dismounted  and  fled, 
leaving  the  horses  with  the  Buffalo-tug  bridles  behind  them, 
which  were  easily  secured  by  their  rightful  owners.  Then  the 
two  parties  proceeded  by  a  forced  march  to  join  the  main  body 
that  had  awaited  their  return.  Although  late  in  the  day  it  was 
thought  advisable  by  their  leader,  Colonel  Knox,  to  proceed  to  a 
more  eligible  position,  some  three  miles  in  advance,  where  they 
had  encamped  for  the  night  and  an  order  was  forthwith  issued: 
"That  if  undisturbed  by  the  enemy,  breakfast  should  be  taken 
and  the  march  commenced  by  sun-rise,  in  order  to  make  up  for 
the  loss  of  distance  the  previous  day."  Nothing  occurring  to 
prevent  it,  the  order  was  obeyed  to  the  letter  and  a  very  success- 
ful march  was  made,  crossing  the  Cumberland  River  and  passing 
through  the  celebrated  'cane-brake,"  that  had  been  the  dread 
of  emigrants,  from  the  time  it  was  first  penetrated  by  Daniel 
Boone,  in  1774. 

The  progress  of  the  party  was  not  further  interrupted  or  mo- 
lested by  the  Indians,  and,  having  met  and  overcome  the  diffi- 
culties so  common  to  emigrants  of  that  perilous  period,  they  ar- 
rived at  Crab  Orchard,  on  the  20th  day  from  Beans  Station,  with- 
out the  loss  of  an  individual,  man,  woman  or  even  a  child,  or  a 
horse.  Here  they  encamped  together  for  the  first  time  and  also 
for  the  last  time,  each  family  the  next  day  taking  the  chosen 
route  to  their  favorite  locality,  both  north  and  south  of  the  Ken- 
tucky river. 

Then  Colonel  Knox  walked  round  the  entire  encampment  and 
took  an  affectionate  leave  of  men,  women  and  children,  compli- 
menting them  for  their  fortitude  and  good  conduct,  passing  upon 
my  mother  a  very  high  compliment,  as  being  the  heroine  of  the 
band,  and  then  receiving  in  turn  from  each  and  all,  a  heart}' 
'God  bless  you,  Colonel  Knox." 

Our  family,  Wm.  Anderson's,  Wm.  Allen's,  William  Irwin's, 
and  several  others  took  the  route  to  Boonsboro,  and  Lexington 
and  settled  in  what  was  then  Fayette  County,  now  called  Wood- 
ford, and  Independence  County;  and  my  father,  as  before  men- 
tioned, had  purchased  this  land  from  William  Allen. 

It  was  a  heavily  timbered  tract  of  land,  with  much  under- 
growth of  cane,  tall  and  thick  as  hemp,  in  a  well  cultivated  field. 
And  the  first  necessity  was  a  tent  to  shelter  the  little  family  and 
also  their  baggage.     This  was  soon  constructed.     The  next  was 


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provisions  for  the  family.  The  horses,  ten  in  number,  were  doing 
well  on  the  cane.  Flour  and  corn  meal  were  not  to  be  had,  under 
any  considerations,  but  at  Craigs  Station,  there  was  corn,  but  no 
mill  to  grind  it.  Hominy,  manufactured  in  a  block  by  a  pestle, 
with  an  iron  wedge  inserted  in  one  end,  made  an  excellent  substi- 
tute for  corn  bread  and  this,  with  bear  meat,  venison  and  wild 
turkey  and  also  Buffalo  steak,  of  which  father  furnished  a  good 
living,  and  a  rich  supply,  made  in  those  days  (with  a  cup  of 
coffee  on  Sundays),  what  they  termed  good  living.  But  the 
"Hominy  block,"  though  never  abandoned,  was  soon  relieved 
from  daily  pounding  by  its  universal  associate  in  Pioneer  life, 
the  "Hand  Made  Mill." 

My  father,  though  not  a  professed  mechanic,  was  one  practi- 
cally, for  he  constructed  his  own  plows  and  other  farming  uten- 
sils, and  in  addition  to  tools  for  operating  upon  wood,  had  brought 
with  him  from  Virginia  a  stone  hammer  etc.,  for  working  and 
operating  upon  stone.  He  had  seen  hand  mills  in  operation  and 
very  soon  constructed  one  which  manufactured  corn  meal  to 
perfection,  as  my  mother  afterwards  assured  me,  equal  in  quality 
to  the  celebrated  Raccoon  Burr  stone.  Two  men  upon  the  mill 
would  grind  a  peck  of  corn  in  half  an  hour. 

A  more  comfortable  home  was  erected  and  then  all  hands 
pitched  into  the  cane  with  mattock  and  grubbing  hoes  to  clear 
a  field  for  corn.  The  forest  trees  were  left  standing  and  girded, 
except  only  the  sugar  or  maple  trees  and  they  were  scorched  by 
burning  cane  piled  around  them,  this  being  the  only  method  of 
destroying  their  vitality  the  first  year.  So  by  the  first  of  the 
next  May,  twenty  acres  were  thus  prepared  for  planting  corn. 

The  next  difficult  part  of  the  preparation  was  breaking  the 
sod,  or  plowing,  through  the  tough  cane  roots;  this  required  a 
strong  team  of  horses  and  also  a  very  powerful  plow  and  a  skilful 
plowman,  each  and  all  of  which  were  at  the  command  of  my 
father.  And  my  mother  said  that  many  persons  and  neighbors. 
not  having  these  last  two  requisites,  were  under  the  necessity 
of  digging  holes  in  the  ground  with  hoes  and  thus  planting  the 
corn,  without  plowing  the  ground,  either  before  or  after  planting, 
but  she  said  the  pioneer  was  richly  rewarded  for  his  labor  by  a 
good  crop  in  the  virgin  soil. 

The  answer  of  General  Charles  Scott  (afterwards  Governor  of 
Kentucky),  to  the  inquiry  of  some  of  his  Virginia  friends  at  Rich- 
mond, when  on  a  visit  to  that  city  some  four  years  after  his  re- 


214  Autobiography  of  Alle?i  Trimble.  [July, 

moval  to  Kentucky.:  'How  much  corn  the  Kentuckians  could 
raise  upon  one  acre,"  astonished  them.  "General,"  said  he, 
'If  the  land  is  well  cleared  and  properly  prepared,  planted  in 
good  time  and  well  cultivated,  150  bushels  to  the  acre  is  the  usual 
yield;  but  even  when  planted  and  not  worked,  75  to  80  bushels; 
but  when  not  planted  at  all,  but  just  scattered  on  the  ground, 
from  40  to  50  bushels  was  often  gathered."  "But,"  said  the 
General,  in  reply,  "I  see  from  your  countenance  that  you  doubt 
the  truth  of  my  most  serious  statement.  Why  my  dear  General, 
what  would  you  think  if  I  were  to  tell  you  that  passing  through 
my  cornfield  I  saw  a  single  stalk  in  a  hill  of  uncommon  vigor, 
stuck  my  staff  beside  it,  intending  to  return  the  next  day  and  see 
how  it  would  grow  in  twenty-four  hours,  but  I  forgot  to  return  as 
I  intended  and  did  not  again  see  the  remarkable  stock  of  corn. 
But  when  the  hands  were  gathering  the  corn,  one  of  the  negro 
men  came  to  me  and  said:  'I  found  your  staff,  Master.'  'Weil, 
Tom,'  I  said,  'did  you  observe  the  stalk  of  corn  by  which  it 
stood,  and  how  many  ears  of  corn  were  on  it?'  'O,  Master, 
dat  stalk  got  four  large  ears  on  it,  and  there  was  nubbins  on 
the  staff.'  " 

The  company  now  burst  forth  in  a  roar  of  laughter.  "True, 
General,  every  word  true.  Tom  took  me  to  the  stalk,  on  the 
identical  spot,  and  there  stood  the  prolific  stalk,  with  four  perfect 
ears  of  corn,  over  a  foot  long  each,  and  a  nubbin,  as  Tom  called 
it,  reposing  upon  the  head  of  my  staff  and  three  on  each  side  of 
it."  This  explanation  being  satisfactory,  one  of  the  gentlemen 
said:  "Well,  General,  now  for  an  explanation  of  gathering  corn 
where  none  was  planted."     And  it  was  thus  given: 

'The  second  year  after  I  settled  on  the  Kentucky  river,  dur- 
ing a  severe  snow  storm,  I  directed  the  negroes  to  feed  the  cattle 
some  corn,  and  after  the  cattle  were  turned  off,  in  the  spring  from 
their  droppings,  corn  came  up  thick  over  a  lot  of  an  acre.  Then 
I  made  the  negroes  thin  it,  but  still  it  grew  rapidly  and  produced 
at  least  forty  bushels  of  good,  sound  corn."  This  explanation 
was  very  satisfactory  to  the  gentlemen  present. 

In  those  days  it  did  not  require  a  large  corp  of  corn  to  sup- 
port a  family  and  but  little  was  required  for  stock;  work  horses, 
only,  required  to  be  fed  on  grain.  The  range,  for  other  animals, 
was  rich  and  abundant.  This  left  a  large  portion  of  the  corn 
crop  for  sale;  and  the  only  demand  for  this  surplus  was  created 
by  the  emigrants,  and  they  multiplied  so  rapidly,  and  so  soon  be- 


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came  self-supporting  and  self-supplying,  and  even  venders,  them- 
selves, that  really,  corn  soon  became  a  drug  on  the  market,  for 
at  that  time  we  had  no  ready  means,  as  now,  for  shipping  thous- 
ands of  carloads  to  the  east  and  European  markets.  So  in  order 
to  use  the  great  surplus  of  fine  corn,  distilling  was  resorted  to,  as 
a  means  of  converting  the  surplus  grain,  corn,  rye  and  barley 
into  Kentucky  Whiskey.  And  indeed,  in  every  neighborhood, 
and  at  almost  every  large  farm,  might  be  found  a  small  distillery. 

At  this  period,  about  1794,  whiskey  found  a  market  at  New 
Orleans.  The  first  New  Orleans  boat  from  our  section  of  the 
state  was  built  at  General  Scott's  landing,  which  was  on  the 
Kentucky  river,  by  Elijah  Craig,  a  neighbor  of  ours;  the  plank 
for  which  was  cut  at  my  father's  saw-mill,  ten  miles  from  the 
boat  yard.  The  first  cargo  was  made  up  of  flour,  whiskey  and 
Irish  pototoes.  Father  sent  the  next  year,  by  John  and  James 
McAfee,  two  brothers,  one  hundred  barrels  of  flour  to  be  sold  on 
commission,  and  received  good  returns  in  money.  The  two 
McAfee's  continued  this  trade  for  several  years,  annually  pur- 
chasing the' surplus  products  in  that  region. 

The  McAfees  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  this  part  of  Ken- 
tucky. From  my  earliest  recollection  to,  say,  the  year  179S, 
but  few  occurrences  took  place  out  of  the  common  range  of  pio- 
neer life.  The  most  distressing  was  the  death  of  an  older  brother, 
my  dear  mother's  first  born  and  most  dearly  loved.  We  were 
in  the  garden  with  father  and  mother,  whilst  they  were  looking 
at  the  vegetables  and  flowers,  we  two  were  at  play ,  running  around 
the  squares  upon  the  walks.  I  was  behind,  not  being  able  to 
keep  up  and  he,  running  at  his  ease,  turned  his  head  to  see  how 
near  I  was.  As  he  resumed  his  former  movement,  he  came  in 
contact  with  mother,  who  was  crossing  the  walk  before  him. 
He  carried  a  stick  in  his  mouth  which  was  very  sharp  at  one  end. 
The  other,  which  was  blunt,  struck  against  mother's  arm,  as 
she  stooped  to  examine  a  flower.  The  sad  result  was  a  wound  in 
the  throat  which  caused  his  death.  It  was  a  severe  and  deeply 
afflicting  event,  but  bore  most  heavily  upon  the  mother,  for  she 
had  named  him  for  his  father's  brother,  John  Allen,  who  fell  at 
Grant's  Depot,  as  before  mentioned. 

To  preserve  the  name  of  this  gallant  relative,  she  called  the 
seventh  son  John  Allen  Trimble.  I  was  also  named  for  her  uncle. 
Hugh  Allen  Trimble,  who  fell  at  the  battle  before  mentioned,  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Kanawha  in  the  year  1774.     But  as  I  was  from 


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infancy  called  Allen,  and  only  known  by  that  name  when  I  en- 
tered into  business,  I  commenced  and  have  continued  so  to  write 
my  name,  leaving  out  the  Hugh. 

The  deer,  bear  and  turkey  were  abundant  in  the  region  in 

which  we  settled,  and  required  but  little  effort  of  such  a  hunter 

as  my  father  was,  in  his  rambles  through  the  neighboring  woods, 

searching  for  and  salting  his  stock,  to  take  a  buck  or  gobbler,  and 

sometimes  a  bear  home  with  him.     In  one  of  these  excursions 

he  encountered  a  bear  under  rather  singular  circumstances.     At 

the  crossing  of  a  small  stream  his  dogs  (two  noble  curs)  looked 

up  the  branch,  and,  after  smelling  and  scenting,  seemed  anxious 

|  to  take  a  run,  and  they  were  encouraged  to  do  so  and  made  a 

dash  at  half  speed.     Father  rode  on  across  the  stream,  on  a  path 

through  the  thick  cane,  some  200  or  300  yards,  when  he  heard 

his  dogs  barking,  apparently  in  his  rear.     So  he  turned  his  horse 

to  meet  them  and  had  proceeded  but  a  short  distance  when  a 

tremendous  bear  came  running  to  meet  him,  and  the  path  was 

so  narrow,  hemmed  in  with  cane  on  either  side,  neither  he  or 

the  bear  could  turn  with  safety,  and  both  determined  to  abide 

the  result  of  a  meeting.     My  father  determined,  when  sufficiently 

near,  to  make  his  horse  leap  over  the  stream  and  take  a  position 

with  his  dogs,  some  short  distance  in  the  rear;  but  Bruin  was 

determined  to  arrest  both  horse  and  rider.     As  the  horse  raised 

I  to  make  his  leap,  the  bear  raised  on  his  hind  legs,  gripped  the 

horse  by  the  nose  and  threw  his  hairy  arms  around  his  neck,  and 

held  him  as  if  he  had  been  in  a  vise.     And  there,  like  the  Lion  and 

the  Unicorn  (in  our  old  Primers)  they  stood,  the  rider  holding 

his  horses'  mane  with  the  left  hand  and  his  trusty  rifle  in  his  right, 

but  without  being  able  to  use  it.     At  this  critical  moment,  the 

faithful  dogs  came  to  the  relief  of  their  master.     And  here  was 

a  fine  field  for  the  display  of  their  great  courage  and  skill,  and 

they  exhibited  both  in  a  moment,  as  you  will  see.     One  took  his 

position  a  few  steps  in  the  rear,  whilst  the  other  pitched  savagely 

1  at  the  bear,  snapping  at  his  stern  so  as  to  avoid  coming  into  too 

I  close  contact  or  quarters.     Finding  his  rear  attacked  so  furiously, 

!  the  bear  released  the  fine  horse  to  wheel  upon  the  dogs.     That 

j  moment  the  horse  made  a  desperate  bound  forward,  cleared  the 

I  bear,  broke  the  girth  of  the  saddle  and  left  it  with  the  rider,  bear 

j  and  dogs  all  in  a  great  muss!     The  bear  seemed  to  fear  the  dogs 

more  than  the  rifle,  or  he  felt  like  having  his  revenge  of  the  two 

1  vicious  dogs  on  account  of  the  severe  wound  he  had  received  in 


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his  stern.  He  therefore  pursued  the  dogs  for  a  short  distance 
and,  finding  that  they  would  not  stand  and  fight,  he  turned  to 
face  the  rifle,  but  this  was  a  fatal  step  for  my  father  was  an  un- 
erring shot  with  the  old  long  rifle ;  for  a  ball  was  sent  by  his  un- 
erring aim  to  his  brain  and  there  on  the  identical  spot  where  she 
had  held  the  horse  in  durance  vile,  she  met  her  fate.  It  was  an 
old  she  bear  and  had  two  little  cubs  in  a  hollow  tree,  at  a  short' 
distance  from  where  she  was  shot.  So  the  next  day  there  was  a 
Bear  Hunt,  and  several  neighbors  collected  with  their  dogs  and 
repaired  to  the  battle  ground  of  the  previous  day.  The  two 
pretty  little  cubs  were  soon  found  and  captured  alive,  and  the 
old  he  bear,  was,  after  a  long  chase  and  severe  fight,  killed.  We 
kept  the  cubs  until  they  were  one  year  old  when  they  became 
dangerous  and  were  killed. 

About  this  time  my  mother  had  an  adventure  where  her  cour- 
age and  skill  in  the  management  of  her  horse  was  put  to  a  severe 
trial.  She  was  summoned  to  the  sick  bed  of  a  neighbor  who  was 
said  to  be  dying  (Mrs.  Warnick).  She  hastened  to  obey  the  call, 
and  continued  with  her  sick  friend  during  the  entire  day.  In  the 
evening  Mrs.  Warnick  was  much  better  and  considered  out  of 
danger  and  mother  concluded  to  return  home.  Mr.  Warnick 
insisted  on  seeing  her  safely  home,  but  she  advised  otherwise, 
and  started  alone.  She  had  proceeded  about  a  mile  when,  hear- 
ing a  noise,  she  looked  back  and  saw  a  wolf  of  tremendous  size 
pursuing  her  at  a  rapid  loap.  She  saw  in  a  moment  from  the 
fierce  look  of  the  ravenous  animal  that  her  only  safety  was  in  the 
speed  of  her  noble  horse.  This  was  the  same  noble  animal  that 
she  had  ridden  from  Virginia.  Now,  she  had  barely  time  to  tuck 
up  her  riding  skirt  and  give  her  horse  an  intimation  of  her  wishes 
when  the  fierce  wolf  was  at  his  heels.  The  road  here  was  narrow, 
merely  a  bridle  path,  hemmed  in  on  either  side  with  the  cane- 
brake.  She  soon  discovered  the  object  of  her  pursuer  was  to  un- 
horse her,  for  several  attempts  were  made  to  reach  the  near  side 
of  her  horse,  but  the  character  of  the  road  did  not  favor  his 
object,  so  he  attempted  to  leap  upon  the  horses'  ramp.  The 
horse  was  now  at  full  speed  and  the  wolf  evidently  had  the  heels 
of  him,  and  now  perceiving  this  fact,  the  danger  seemed  eminent. 
But  it  was  soon  discovered  that  when  the  wolf  set  himself  to 
make  a  spring  the  magnificent  horse  gained  and  the  wolf  lost, 
which  rendered  his  leap,  or  what  they  call  spring,  fruitless.  And 
thus  they  ran  for  two  good  miles.     Then  the  last  half  mile  of  the 


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road  widened  and  the  vicious  wolf  was  able  to  gain  the  near  side 
of  the  horse  and  even  made  several  attempts  to  reach  the  rider 
but  succeeded  only  in  reaching  her  riding  skirt,  which  was  very 
badly  torn  by  his  sharp  teeth. 

Such  was  the  determined  purpose  of  the  hungry  animal  that 
he  continued  the  pursuit  until  the  dogs  from  the  homestead, 
hearing  the  Choop  and  call  of  their  mistress,  came  to  her  relief. 
And  also  father,  as  soon  as  he  heard  mother's  "Whoopl  Hoo! 
Hoo! "  ran  rapidly,  gun  in  hand,  supposing  she  was  chased  by  the 
Indians  (as  the  week  before,  two  of  General  Scott's  sons  had  been 
killed  and  scalped  on  their  own  farm,  and  that  was  only  ten  miles 
from  us).  It  was  now  dark  and  the  pursuit  of  the  wolf  had  to 
be  abandoned. 

Mother  rode  up  to  the  cabin  door,  where  the  entire  little  fam- 
ily, both  white  and  black,  was  assembled,  crying,  "Mother!  Oh, 
mistress!  Oh!  Do  tell  us  what  was  the  matter? "  The  noble  ani- 
mal still  panting  and  also  wet  with  sweat,  assured  them  that 
something  very  serious  had  happened.  And  if  additional  evi- 
dence had  been  wanting,  her  riding  skirt,  torn  to  ribbons,  would 
have  furnished  that  evidence. 

Then  she  dismounted,  bade  the  servant  boy  to  take  good  care 
of  her  fine  horse,  who  had  saved  her  life,  took  a  seat  and  very  de- 
liberately gave  us  a  history  of  the  race,  and  her  miraculous  escape. 
She  supposed,  that  having  handled  A  ssajcetida  in  the  sickroom  at 
Mr.  Warnick's,  some  of  it  had  adhered  to  her  clothing  and  was 
the  cause  of  the  wolf  pursuing  her  so  fiecrely  and  scenting  her 
so  far  off. 

The  wolf  was  the  last  of  the  wild  animals  to  retreat  from  civili- 
zation and  the  buffalo  the  first.  The  meat  and  hides  of  those  wild 
cattle  were  so  important  to  the  early  emigrants  to  Kentucky  that 
a  buffalo  hunt  in  the  autumn,  to  obtain  meat  for  family  use  dur- 
ing winter  and  the  hides  to  be  tanned  for  shoes,  was  usually  pro- 
vided for.  If  a  man  was  not  a  hunter  himself  he  joined  a  neigh- 
bor who  was  and  acted  as  butcher  and  pack-horse  master. 

My  recollection  of  one  of  those  hunts,  (I  think  it,  now  was  the 
last  one  my  father  ever  engaged  in,  and  I  was  quite  a  small 
boy — and  it  was  in  the  year,  about  1791  to  1793)  was  so  deeply 
impressed  upon  my  mind,  though  but  a  mere  boy,  that  I  have 
not  forgotten  it,  even  to  this  elate  of  extreme  old  age. 

Two  of  our  neighbors,  by  name  William  Jewett  and  Michael 
Warnick  (before  mentioned),  arranged  with  father  to  take  a  gen- 


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ttiiie  Buffalo  hunt.  Warnick  understood  how  to  use  a  gun,  but 
was  not  an  experienced  hunter;  Jewett  was  a  raw  Irishman,  that 
could  use  a  "Shelala"  to  far  better  advantage  than  a  rifle. 

The  hunting  region  was  on  the  waters  of  the  Licking  river, 
above  and  below  the  Blue  Lick  Springs  (called  and  known  as  a 
great  buffalo  retreat) ,  for  they  went  there  with  many  other  ani- 
mails  to  lick  the  big  deposit  of  fresh  salt.  The  hunting  ground 
was  bounded  on  the  other  side  by  the  ' '  Big  Bone  Lick, "  and  the 
region  above  to  the  mouth  of  Licking  river,  and  below  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Kentucky  river. 

The  party  met  at  our  cabin  with  six  pack  horses,  with  all  the 
accoutrements  for  the  hunt  (pack  saddles,  halters  and  hobbles), 
with  my  father's  saddle  horse  and  a  full  complement  of  good  dogs 
and  three  men  armed  to  the  teeth — rifle  ,butcher-knife  and  toma- 
hawk, and  all  this  constituted  the  fixtures  and  caravan.  Thus 
equipped  with  provisions  (both  bread  and  salt)  for  a  two  weeks' 
hunt,  they  left  for  ' '  Misbone"  or  ' '  Brisbone.  " 

At  that  time  the  Indians  made  frequent  incursions  upon  the 
frontier  settlements,  and  left  their  tracks  stained  with  the  blood 
of  their  victims;  and  the  locality  and  the  entire  country,  from  the 
mouth  of  the  Licking  river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Kentucky  river, 
was  the  last  hunting  ground  south  of  the  Ohio  river  that- was  aban- 
doned by  the  Miami  Indians  and  not  until  they  were  defeated  by 
General  Wayne,  in  1794,  did  they  surrender  it  to  the  white  man. 

A  short  time  before  my  father  started  on  this  hunt,  a  small 
party  of  Miami  Indians  had  penetrated  into  the  heart  of  Ken- 
tucky, made  several  prisoners  and  killed,  among  others,  not  recol- 
lected, two  sons  of  General  Charles  Scott,  as  we  have  before 
mentioned,  in  Woodford  County,  six  miles  from  Versailles,  which 
was  the  County  Town,  or  Seat. 

These  two  young  men  were  crossing  the  Kentucky  river  in  an 
Indian  canoe  in  plain  view  of  their  own  dwelling.  But  the  treach- 
erous reds  were  concealed  in  the  cane-brake  on  the  opposite  river 
bank,  very  near  to  the  landing,  and  as  the  little  canoe  neared 
the  bank  or  shore,  the  red  "devils"  fired  and  killed  the  two 
brothers,  the  only  sons  of  their  fond  and  devoted  father.  ■  Now 
General  Scott  was  a  Revolutionary  officer  and  in  IS  12  he  was 
also  Governor  of  the  State.  He  immediately  raised  a' party  and 
attempted  to  pursue  the  Indians  but  they  succeeded  in  crossing 
the  Ohio  before  the  pursuers  reached  the  southern  shore.  But 
some  months  after  this,  the  General  raised  a  sufficient  militia 


220  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble .  [Jul>'> 

force  to  march  to  the  Miami  towns  and  destroy  the  crops,  killing 
vSeveral  Indians  and  burning  their  towns. 

But  to  return  to  our  Buffalo  hunt.  After  the  return  of  the 
party  who  pursued  the  Indians  to  the  Ohio  river  as  before  men- 
tioned, my  father  concluded  it  would  be  a  favorable  time  to  make 
a  faul  (Autumn)  hunt;  calculating  that  the  hot  pursuit  of  the 
party  that  killed  the  Scott  boys  and  others  would  alarm  other 
parties  of  Indians  that  might  be  on  the  south  side  of  the  Ohio 
river  above  the  mouth  of  the  Kentucky  river  and  cause  them  to 
return  to  their  towns.  But  few  of  his  neighbors  concurred  with 
him  in  this  opinion,  yet  in  the  end  it  turned  out  to  be  the  correct 
opinion  and  the  party  returned  after  making  a  very  successful 
buffalo  hunt  and  without  the  loss  cf  even  a  dog. 

Another  "Coupe"  in  an  adjoining  neighborhood  (encouraged 
by  the  "Trimble  Party")  immediately  set  out  for  "Brisbone." 
But  they  found  the  Indians  where  they  expected  to  shoot  buf- 
faloes and  returned  with  the  loss  of  one  of  their  party,  made  a 
prisoner,  and  another  wounded  by  the  Indians. 

On  the  return  of  my  father  and  his  party  with  their  rich  supply 
of  Buffalo  meat  and  also  bear  roasts  and  rounds,  it  was  discov- 
ered that  there  was  a  lack  of  salt  to  (salt)  prepare  it.  This  es- 
sential article  was  then  manufactured  at  "Mano  and  Bullet's 
Lick,"  some  15  to  20  miles  south-east  of  the  city  of  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  but  still  more  distant  from  our  home  settlement, 
about  75  miles,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  way  was  a  wilderness, 
through  which,  and  across  the  trail  or  road  from  the  central  part 
of  Kentucky  to  those  Licks,  the  Indians  of  the  south  passed  in 
their  visits  to  the  northern  tribes,  and  vice  versa,  those  of  the 
north  visited  the  south,  and  several  persons  had  been  killed  by 
those  visiting  warriors. 

But  salt  must  be  had  or  their  provisions  wrould  be  lost.  Father 
and  Garrett  prepared  half-a-day  sacks  of  corn  meal  and  flour — 
what  is  called  six  days  provisions,  and  started  for  the  salt  works. 
Garrett  was  accompanied  by  his  brother,  a  young  Irishman,  and 
father  intended  taking  one  of  his  black  men,  but  when  ready  to 
start,  "Caesar"  was  missing.  On  inquiry  it  was  ascertained 
from  his  wife  that  he  was  afraid  of  being  killed  or  taken  by  the 
Indians  and  had  gone  off  and  hidden  himself.  In  the  dilemma 
father,  having  heard  me  say: ' '  I  wish  I  could  go, "  told  me  to  get 
my  mother's  consent  and  he  would  take  me. 


W* 


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This  was  obtained  (with  some  difficulty),  and  in  a  few  minutes 
I  was  mounted  on  a  sack  of  meal,  securely  fixed  on  a  pack-saddle, 
upon  old  Roan  and  upon  the  march  with  the  rest  of  the  men. 
It  was  a  very  proud  day  for  me  and  to  me. 

I  was  only  in  my  tenth  year  and  really  quite  small  for  my  age. 
Mother  consented  to  the  arrangement  with  great  reluctance,  hav- 
ing lost  her  eldest  son  by  an  accident,  which  I  have  heretofore 
described.  She  had  great  fears  that  in  case  the  party  should  be 
attacked,  either  by  the  Indians  or  some  other  trouble  spring  up 
in  the  long  march,  that  I  would  certainly  be  killed  or  captured; 
but  as  it  seemed  to  be  a  case  of  necessity  she  would  submit  and 
commit  me  to  the  protection  of  an  overruling  providence,  etc. 
The  first  night  we  encamped  on  Salt  river  and  the  next  day 
passed  through  the  dangerous  part  of  the  road,  then  encamped 
in  the  wild  woods  again.  The  howling  of  wolves  and  the  sharp 
scream  of  the  panther  was  the  only  annoyance  we  met  with. 

I  was  very  tired  and  slept,  oh,  so  soundly  each  night.  And 
good  Providence  seemed  to  watch  over  me  for  I  was  refreshed  by 
the  nights'  repose;  but  when  mounted,  I  found  my  meal-bag  a 
hard  seat,  but  I  made  no  complaint  as  I  had  decided  to  be  very 
brave.  We  reached  the  salt  furnaces  about  12  o'clock  and  found 
that  meal  and  flour  were  in  great  demand.  So  our  sacks  were 
soon  emptied  and  filled  with  salt.  After  a  short  rest  of  an  hour  or 
two  we  left  the  salt  licks  and  reached  our  encampment  of  the  pre- 
vious night. 

But  I  found  the  salt  sacks  a  much  harder  and  more  uncom- 
fortable saddle  that  the  meal  bag,  for  the  salt  was  not  sufficiently 
drained  and  the  bitter  water  was  soon  dripping  from  each  sack. 
But  my  father  had  taken  the  precaution  (knowing  the  corroding 
character  of  this  liquid)  to  put  his  saddle  blankets  on  the  sack 
upon  which  I  sat;  but  still  my  legs  were  not  protected  sufficiently, 
and  rubbing  against  the  sack  and  the  bitter  water  oozing  through 
the  salt  bag,  and  I  soon  felt  the  effect  but  bore  it  without  saying 
a  word  to  my  father;  so  I  bore  it,  I  say,  until  we  reached  our  for- 
mer campting  ground.  As  soon  as  we  dismounted,  I  showed 
my  father  my  legs,  for  they  were  highly  inflamed  and  quite  pain- 
ful with  a  burning  as  if  in  a  fire.  An  application  of  spirits  was 
made  immediately,  which  was  only  like  adding  to  fuel  to  the  fire, 
and  indeed,  I  was  almost  frantic  with  pain,  and  the  first  and  only 
relief  was  from  rubbing  with  a  fat  piece  of  bear  meat.  That 
night  I  slept  not  at  all. 


222  Autobiography  of  Allen  Tumble.  [July, 

The  next  day  father  put  me  upon  his  riding  horse.     My  h  . 
were  highly  inflamed  and  sore,  but  less  painful  than  they  hao 
been  during  the  night.     But  as  the  pain  became  less  violent  I  L-  . 
came  drowsy  and  really  would  have  fallen  asleep  on  my  horse 
but  for  the  fear  I  had  of  the  Indians  attacking  us,  for  father  beinq 
afoot,  discovered  moccasin  tracks  in  our  road  or  trail.     So  he  di- 
rected Garrett  to  travel  slowly  and  he  would  follow  the  tracks 
while  they  pursued  the  road  we  were  travelling.     And  if  he  dis- 
covered Indians  he  would  fire  or  not  as  he  thought  best  and  then 
fall  back,  and,  as  each  of  them  had  rifles,  they  should  tie  their 
horses  and  defend  themselves  to  the  last  extremity;  directing  rut- 
in the  case  of  a  fight  with  the  Indians,  not  to  be  alarmed  but  t 
stick  to  my  horse,  as  the  Indians  would  not  be  inclined  or  likely 
to  kill  or  capture  me,  until  the  fight  was  over.     Then  the  horsi 
if  I  would  stick  to  him  and  guide  him  properly,  would  bear  me  oi! 
in  safety.     But  Mr.  Barrett,  the  older,  protested  against  fath<  - 
leaving  us,  for  he  said  if  he  should  be  killed,  as  he  probably  would. 
as  there  was  at  least  three  Indians  in  the  same  company,  as  their 
moccasin  tracks  indicated,  they  then  would  fall  upon  and  kill,  or 
capture,  the  balance  of  the  party. 

Father  told  him  that  if  they  had  been  discovered  by  the  In- 
dians, those  left  would  be  in  more  danger  than  he  would  be  i:; 
advance;  for  if  he  should  be  fired  upon  it  would  be  a  signal  t 
those  in  the  rear  to  relieve  their  horses  of  their  packs,  then  mount 
them  and  make  their  escape.     The  Indians  would  therefore  1  i 
likely  to  prefer  two  scalps,  and  a  prisoner  and  five  horses,  to  onf 
scalp,  and  that  one  dependent  upon  their  making  a  sure  shot  a? 
him.     Garrett  was  then  more  than  before  opposed  to  his  goin 
in  advance;  but  father  told  him  he  would  not  venture  so  far  bul 
that  he  could  fall  back  to  support  him,  if  need  be;  and  primii 
his  trusty  rifle  a-fresh,  pushed  forward  at  a  quick  step.     We  :■ 
lowed  very  slowly.     Mr.  Garrett,  though  an  early  settler  in  K^  ■ 
tucky,  and  also  a  brave  man,  had  not  had  an  opprotunity  i  l 
studying  the  Indian  character,  whilst  few  men  of  that  day  ha  • 
been  more  severely  schooled  in  the  science  of  Indian  strategy  tha! 
my  father.     And  from  the  time  he  returned  from  his  Indian  caj 
tivity  to  the  close  of  the  American  Revolution  and  also  of  t 
Indian  wars  in  the  North-west,  he  was  a  close  observer  of  Indto 
events,  in  many  of  which  he  was  intimately  connected.     And  w 
formed  his  opinions  that  seldom  led  him  into  errors,  in  relai:  n 
to  either  the  motives  or  the  actions  of  the  Indians. 


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Nor  was  he  mistaken  in  his  conclusions  in  this  particular  in- 
stance. Knowing  that  the  trail  usually  travelled  by  the  Indians 
from  north  to  south  was  but  a  few  miles  in  advance  of  the  first 
appearance  of  the  moccasin  tracks,  he  concluded  that  the  party 
were  travellers  who  had  left  their  trail  to  reconnoiter  a  few  miles 
of  the  Salt  Lick  road,  as  it  was  called,  in  hopes  to  meet  a  small 
party  of  packers  and  take  a  few  scalps  and  horses;  but  not  dis- 
posed to  delay  their  journey  or  run  much  risk  in  order  to  obtain 
a  scalp  or  two,  or  a  horse  or  two. 

So  the  tracks  of  the  moccasins  were  followed  to  the  trail  re- 
ferred to,  when  they  turned  square  off  to  the  north.  Then  they 
were  followed  for  another  half  mile,  no  doubt  remembering  that 
they  were  ignorant  of  being  near  a  train  of  settlers,  or  salt  packers. 
So  father  soon  joined  us  once  more  and  we  began  to  make  a 
rapid  march  to  our  first  encampment  on  Salt  river  in  what  was 
called  McAfee's  Settlement,  a  region  that  the  Indians  seldom 
approached  without  being  severely  chastised. 

Although  we  felt  that  we  were  out  of  danger,  I  was  so  much 
excited  with  the  long  day's  march  and  the  suffering  condition,  I 
could  not  sleep  at  all  that  night.  We  reached  home  the  next 
day,  being  five  days  out  on  the  trip,  and  I  was  completely  cured 
of  any  future  desire  to  be  a  salt  packer,  any  how  for  the  present. 
But  still  I  accompanied  a  larger  party  much  further  south,  in 
about  six  months  later,  when  we  went  with  wagons  and  pack 
horses  to  within  100  miles  of  New  Orleans  and  brought  home  a 
larger  amount  of  salt  and  of  a  superior  quality. 

To  prove  that  my  father's  conclusions  with  regard  to  the  pur- 
poses of  those  Indians,  whose  tracks  we  had  seen,  some  weeks 
afterwards  Mr.  Robert  Ford,  a  citizen  of  Lexington,  Kentucky, 
returning  from  Anderson's  office  (where  he  had  been  making 
entries  of  lands),  upon  the  road  we  had  travelled  and  near  the 
Indian  trails  referred  to,  was  shot  and  mortally  wounded  by  a 
small  party  of  Southern  Indians,  returning  from  the  north-west 
of  the  Ohio,  where  they  had  been  on  a  mission  from  their  tribe 
in  the  south,  and  they  were  pursued  and  their  character  ascer- 
tained, as  was  also  the  fact  that  it  was  the  same  party  whose 
tracks  had,  in  our  salt  expedition,  given  us  so  much  uneasiness. 

Mr.  Todd  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Lexington;  a  bold, 
enterprising  man,  and  also  greatly  respected.  His  untimely 
death  made  such  an  impression  upon  the  public  mind  that  all 
the  militia  bordering  on  the  region  south  of  Kentucky  river, 


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through  which  the  Indian  trail  referred  to  passed,  organized  com- 
panies for  the  purpose  of  breaking  up  this  line  of  Indian  travel. 
Now,  we  are  glad  to  say,  this  plan  succeeded  and  the  cautious 
natives  adapted  the  more  circuitous  route  through  Missouri,  Illi- 
nois and  Indiana. 

As  the  fear  of  the  Indian  visitation  subsided,  the  log  cabin, 
with  its  strong  fixtures  of  slab  doors,  with  strong  bars  and  bolts. 
port  holes,  etc.,  gave  place  to  the  heavy  log  house,  stone  and 
brick,  according  to  the  taste  of  the  owner,  and  also  according 
to  his  ability  to  afford  such  luxuries,  as  they  were  called  in  those 
pioneer  days. 

Now  as  I  have  said  before,  my  father  had  erected  a  saw  mill 
and  prepared  lumber  for  a  frame  dwelling,  and  it  was  the  first  o; 
its  kind  erected  in  the  neighborhood.  And  raising  the  frame 
(two  stories  high,  32  x  18  feet)  was  at  that  time  considered  a 
serious  undertaking. 

The  carpenter,  John  Porter,  was  an  Irishman,  and  allowed  to 
manage  the  undertaking  and  enterprise  alone.  I  do  not  now  re- 
member the  number  of  hands  but,  for  that  day,  they  were  quite 
numerous,  and  they  were  called  from  distant  neighborhoods 
with  forks  and  ropes  in  abundance,  for  great  caution  was  ob- 
served to  prevent  any  accidents,  and  I  am  glad  to  asy,  none 
occurred. 

The  parties  of  workmen  were  all  sober,  for  there  was  nothing 
to  make  them  otherwise.  The  frame  was  raised,  without  a  single 
accident,  nor  was  anyone  hurt  in  the  least.  But  the  joists  did 
not  fit  well,  and  it  was  a  rickety  looking  concern,  and  contrasted 
unfavorably  with  the  substantial  log  cabin  in  which  we  still  lived, 
It  was  therefore  propped  on  all  sides  with  forks  and  poles  to  pro- 
tect it  against  the  wind,  by  the  undertaker,  as  we  called  him.. 
John  Porter.  After  viewing  all  the  supports,  he  remarked: 
'"That  he  believed  he  would  adopt  the  plan  of  his  countrymen 
who  found  his  cow  in  a  bog,  and  not  being  able  to  get  her  out,  and 
fearing  she  might  not  be  found,  when  he  would  return  with  help 
to  extricate  her,  fastened  a  tether  to  her  horns  and  to  an  adjoin- 
ing tree,  to  make  the  matter  sure.  So  he  would  with  the  bulYa'r  i 
tugs  and  ropes,  fasten  his  frame  to  a  sugar  tree  (which  had  beea 
left  for  shade)  near  the  north-west  corner  of  the  frame,  and  then 
he  thought  it  would  be  safe.  "  This  expedient,  though  not  abs<  • 
lutely  necessary,  contributed  to  keep  a  tottering  frame  from  ca- 
reening.    Placed  on  a  strong  foundation  of  limestone,  strongly 


If";*" 


1906.]  Autobiography  of  Allen  Trimble.  225 

weatherboarded  and  supported  by  two  substantial  brick  chim- 
neys, it  proved,  in  the  end,  to  be  a  safe  dwelling. 

Having  erected  a  more  commodious  dwelling,  the  enlargement 
of  the  farm  seemed  to  be  the  next  necessity.  The  disappearance 
of  the  cane,  as  the  country  became  more  thickly  settled,  suggested 
to  the  farmers,  who  had  very  much  stock,  the  necessity  of  mak- 
ing tame  pasture,  and  growing  more  corn,  to  meet  those  approach- 
ing necessities. 

Now  my  father  concluded  to  increase  his  labourers,  and  as 
slaves  at  that  time  were  very  high  in  Kentucky,  and  white  la- 
bourers scarce,  he  prepared  himself  and  set  out  for  Virginia  for 
the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  few  negroes.  But  on  his  way,  he 
lost  his  money,  but,  collecting  funds  due  to  him  in  Virginia,  he 
proceeded  to  the  low  countries  and  made  purchases  of  several 
slaves. 

Whilst  travelling  through  the  country  in  search  of  such  as  he 
desired  to  purchase,  he  saw  slavery  as  he  had  never  seen  it  before, 
especially  as  to.  the  effect  the  system  wras  producing  upon  society, 
and  the  subject  so  impressed  his  mind,  that  in  weighing  the  re- 
sults of  the  system  upon  the  moral,  intellectual  and  political  in- 
terest of  the  country,  the  conclusion  was  that  slavery  was  a  great 
evil,  he  was  lead  to  believe.  He,  however,  brought  those  he  pur- 
chased to  his  home  in  Kentucky,  but  soon  after  his  return  to  his 
family,  he  communicated  to  my  mother  some  of  the  incidents 
which  he  had  witnessed,  also  giving  some  thrilling  accounts  of 
the  immorality  of  the  masters  and  cruelties  of  overseers,  and  the 
effect  the  system  of  slavery  was  producing  upon  the  rising  gener- 
ation, who  wTere  being  thus  brought  up  in  idleness  and  acquiring 
habits  that  would  unfit  them  for  usefulness,  both  to  themselves 
or  their  country;  and  he  said,  after  much  reflection  upon  the 
subject,  that  he  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that  it  would  be 
their  duty,  as  it  would  also  be  to  their  interests,  to  free  themselves 
from  slavery,  just  as  soon  as  they  could  do  so,  thus  consistently 
with  their  own  and  the  interests  of  the  slaves,  themselves. 

It  was  a  new  subject,  and  mother  was  slow,  in  this  one  instance, 
to  fall  in  with  my  father's  views.  But,  seeing  he  was  so  thor- 
oughly convinced  of  the  correctness  of  his  views,  and  knowing 
him  to  be  a  man  of  firmness  of  purpose,  she  yielded  to  what  she 
regarded  as  a  necessity. 

It  was  therefore  concluded  that  the  slaves  should  be  set  free, 
after  five  years  of  service.     They  were  accordingly  mustered  and 


226  Autobiography  cf  Allen  Trimble.  [JuHr, 


informed  if  they  would  serve  their  master  and  mistress  faith- 
fully five  years,  they  should  be  set  free,  and  this  promise  was  made 
in  179S  and  fulfilled  to  the  letter  in  1803. 

When  it  was  settled  that  our  slaves  should  be  set  free,  a  new- 
question  was  presented:  "Shall  we  remain  in  Kentucky,  or  re- 
move to  the  North-western  Territory,  where  slavery  is,  by  the 
Ordinance  of  1787,  prohibited?"  Both  father  and  mother  dif- 
fered in  their  opinions  upon  this,  as  they  had  done  upon  the 
question  of  manumitting  their  slaves.  She  objected  to  again 
emigrating  to  a  new  country  on  account  of  the  difficulty  of  giving 
the  younger  children  a  suitable  education  and  also  of  giving  them 
the  benefit  of  good  society,  etc.  Now,  in  order  to  meet  the  first 
objection,  a  teacher  was  immediately  employed  to  open  a  school 
in  our  own  house  (as  there  were  none  in  the  neighborhood)  and 
every  member  of  the  family  of  children,  both  white  and  black, 
were  placed  under  the  rigid  discipline  of  Robert  Elliott,  an  ac- 
ceptable and  experienced  teacher.  '  The  result  was  what  might 
have  been  expected,  we  all  looked  upon  it  as  the  last  chance  we 
would  have  to  be  schooled  and  made  the  best  possible  use  of  the 
opportunity  afforded  us. 

Schools  had  been  kept  during  the  winter  in  our  neighborhood, 
some  of  them  about  four  miles  from  our  residence,  which  we  at- 
tended but  you  must  remember  that  teachers  were  hard  to  pro- 
cure in  those  early  times;  and  often  very  poorly  qualified.  So 
of  course  the  pupils  were  not  well  taught,  still  it  was  better  than 
we  even  expected  at  that  time  to  find  in  the  new  state  of  Ohio, 
at  that  earlv  day. 

Father,  about  this  time,  joined  one  of  his  neighbors,  Alexan- 
der Dunlap,  in  the  purchase  of  lands  in  the  Virginia  Military  Dis- 
trict, north-west  of  the  Ohio  river,  situate  on  Scioto  and  Paint 
creeks,  and  purchased  one  tract  on'  his  own  account,  situate 
upon  Paint  and  Clear  Creeks.  In  the  following  autumn  of  the 
-year  1S01,  taking  me  with  him,  we  visited  these  lands.  We 
crossed  the  Ohio  river  at  a  small  town  in  Kentucky  called  Mays- 
ville,  and  first  visited  the  Clear  Creek  Survey,  2000  acres,  en- 
dorsed by  and  purchased  of  Thomas  St.  Hushley.  The  Evans 
families  and  Swearingcns  had  already  settled  on  Clear  creek. 
We  reached  William  Hill's  and  he  aided  us  in  finding  the  land? 
referred  to. 

4  (Tol?e  continued.) 


JEREMIAH  MORROW. 


First  Representative  to  Congress  from  Ohio,  United  States 
Senator,  and  Governor. 

By  his  grandson,  Josiah  Morrow,  Lebanon,  Ohio. 
(Concluded  from  page  133.) 

Beginnings  of  the  Whig  Party  in  Ohio. 

ORROW  retired  from  the  office  of  Governor  in  Decem- 
ber, 1S26.  As  on  retiring  from  the  Senate  he  supposed 
his  public  life  closed,  so  now  he  expected  to  enjoy  the 
peace  and  content  of  a  private  citizen  who  had  received  the 
highest  honors  from  the  people  of  his  state.  There  were,  how- 
ever, repeated  calls  upon  him  to  public  duties  which  he  could 
not  well  decline. 

The  Whig  party  had  its  rise  in  the  years  immediately  suc- 
ceeding his  retirement  from  the  executive  chair.  He  became 
an  adherent  of  that  party,  and  in  Ohio  he  was  the  most  distin- 
tinguished  of  its  founders.  Hitherto  he  had  been  elected  to 
offices  without  questions  of  party  politics  entering  into  the 
canvasses.  The  great  mass  of  the  voters  and  nearly  all  of  the 
public  men  of  Ohio  had  been  of  the  Jeffersonian  Republican 
party.  Now  that  party  was  to  be  divided.  One  of  its  divisions 
was  at  first  called  Administration  men  during  the  Presidency 
of  John  Quincy  Adams,  afterward  National  Republican,  and 
later,  Whig.  Governor  Morrow  was  a  firm  supporter  of  J.  Q. 
Adams's  administration  and  was  shocked  at  the  bitterness  and 
virulence  with  which  it  was  assailed  from  the  first  day  of  its 
existence. 

The  tariff  question  was  now  engaging  the  attention  of  the 
country,  and  a  convention  of  the  "  Friends  of  Manufacturing 
Interests"  was  called  to  be  held  at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania, 
in  July,  1827.  At  a  large  meeting  at  Cincinnati  former  Gov- 
ernors Jeremiah  Morrow  and  Ethan  Allen  Brown  were  selected 
as  delegates.  Governor  Brown,  perhaps  from  lack  of  sympathy 
with  the  purposes  of  the  convention,  did  not  attend,  and  he 
subsequently  became  an  adherent  of  the  Jackson  party.  Gov- 
ernor Morrow  rode  to  Harrisburg  in  the  heat  of  July,  and  his 
name  is  one  of  the  ninety-nine   members  of  the  convention 

227 


228  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [July, 

signed  to  the  memorial  to  Congress  recommending  an  increase 
of  duties  for  the  protection  of  American  industry.  The  next 
Congress  adopted  the  tariff  of  1828,  called  by  its  opponents 
"the  Bill  of  Abominations."  The  delegates  from  Ohio  signed 
to  the  Harrisburg  memorial  were  Jeremiah  Morrow,  Thomas 
Ewing,  James  Wilson,  David  Begges,  Bezaleel  Wells,  William 
R.  Dickinson,  John  C.  Wright  and  John  Mcllvain.  The  memo- 
rial is  dated  August  3,  1827. 

In  October,  1827,  he  was  elected  a  Senator  from  his  county 
in  the  General  Assembly  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death 
of  Jaco'tTD.  Stiller,  and  thus  became  a  member  of  the  legisla- 
ture the  year  after  his  retirement  from  the  office  of  Governor. 
His  name  was  announced  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  without 
his  knowledge  and  was  before  the  people  only  about  a  week 
before  the  election.*  When  asked  if  he  would  serve  if  elected. 
he  replied  that  he  made  it  a  rule  not  to  seek  any  office  or  to 
decline  one  in  which  it  was  thought  he  could  be  useful.  When 
the  legislature  met,  he  was  tendered  the  position  of  Speaker 
of  the  Senate,  but  this  he  declined,  believing  he  could  be  more 
useful  on  the  floor. 

Before  this,  three  ex-Governors  of  Ohio  had  accepted  the 
position  of  member  of  the  state  legislature.  The  first  Governor 
of  the  state,  Edward  Tiffin,  in  1809  resigned  the  office  of  United 
States  Senator  and  the  same  year  accepted  the  office  of  Repre- 
sentative from  Ross  county  in  the  legislature  and  in  that  body 
did  what  perhaps  no  other  man  in  the  whole  history  of  the 
country  was  ever  called  on  to  do,  voted  as  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature  for  a  United  States  Senator  to  fill  the  vacancy 
caused  by  his  own  resignation.  In  1810  Samuel  Huntington 
retired  from  the  office  of  Governor  and  the  next  year  became 
a  Representative  from  Cuyahoga  county.  Thomas  Worthing" 
ton,  after  being  twice  Governor  and  twice  United  States  Sena- 
tor, was  twice  a  Representative  in  the  legislature  from  Ross 
county.  At  a  later  period,  Joseph  Vance,  having  been  defeated 
in  183S  when  a  candidate  for  re-election  as  Governor,  became  a 
Senator  from  Champaign  county  in  the  legislature.  Ex-Gov- 
ernor Morrow,  after  serving  in  the  State  Senate,  was  twice  a 
Representative  from  his  county  in  the  General  Assembly,  and 
is  the  only  Governor  of  Ohio  who  served  in  both  houses  of  the 
legislature  after  retiring  from  the  executive  chair.     The  fact 


*  The  vote  stood :    Morrow,  1.1«J4 ;  J.  M.  Houston,  591  ;  James  W.  Lanier.  133. 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrozv.  229 

may  be  here  recalled  that  James  Monroe,  after  serving  as  Gov- 
ernor, member  of  the  Continental  Congress  and  foreign  minis- 
ter, returned  to  the  state  legislature  to  represent  his  county, 
and  after  retiring  from  the  Presidency,  accepted  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace. 

Before  taking  his  seat  in  the  legislature  to  which  he  had 
been  elected,  Mr.  Morrow  was  called  on  to  express  in  a  public 
manner  his  position  in  the  approaching  contest  for  the  Presi- 
dency between  John  Q.  Adams  and  Andrew  Jackson.  It  was 
already  apparent  that  the  contest  was  to  be  an  embittered  one. 
He  was  outspoken  in  favor  of  Adams,  and  consented  to  preside 
at  the  first  convention  in  his  county  of  the  supporters  of  the 
Adams  administration,  which  was  held  at  the  court  house  in 
Lebanon,  on  November  17,  1827.  On  taking  the  chair  he 
addressed  the  convention  at  greater  length  than  was  his  custom 
in  public  speeches.  The  voters  of  the  county,  it  was  found, 
were  almost  equally  divided  in  their  choice  for  President,  but 
a  majority  of  the  leading  men  of  the  county  took  part  in  this 
convention,  and  the  eloquent  Tom  Corwin,  as  chairman  of  a 
committee,  reported  an  elaborate  address  to  the  people  in  favor 
of  Adams's  re-election  which  was  adopted  by  the  convention. 

In  the  winter  of  1827-28,  nearly  a  year  before  the  Presiden- 
tial election,  the  leaders  of  both  the  Adams  and  the  Jackson 
forces  began  preparations  for  the  first  great  political  contest  in 
Ohio  in  which  the  voters  were  divided  into  two  parties  of 
nearly  equal  numbers.  On  December  28,  1827,  a  convention 
composed  of  delegates  from  the  various  counties  was  held  at 
the  court  house  in  Columbus  for  the  purpose  of  forming  an 
electoral  ticket  to  be  supported  by  the  friends  of  the  adminis- 
tration of  John  Ouincy  Adams.  This  was  the  first  state  con- 
vention in  Ohio  of  the  political  party  afterward  known  as 
Whig.  Jeremiah  Morrow,  of  Warren  county,  was  president, 
and  Thomas  Corwin,  of  Warren,  and  William  Doherty,  of 
Franklin,  were  the  secretaries.  The  convention  made  no  nom- 
ination for  Governor,  but  the  Adams  men  supported  Allen 
Trimble  for  that  office,  who  was  a  candidate  for  re-election.  A 
long  address  to  the  voters  of  the  state  favoring  the  re-election 
of  President  Adams  was  adopted  by  the  convention,  of  which 
ten  thousand  copies  signed  by  the  president  and  the  secreta- 
ries were  ordered  to  be  printed,  two  thousand  of  which  were 


230  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [July* 

to  be  in  German.  Morrow's  name  was  placed  at  the  head  of 
;the  electoral  ticket  selected  by  this  convention. 

Ten  days  later,  on  January  8, 1828,  the  Democratic  state  con- 
tention, composed  of  about  an  equal  number  of  delegates,  was 
[held  at  the  same  place.  Ex-Governor  Ethan  Allen  Brown,  of 
;  Hamilton  county,  was  president,  and  Thomas  R.  Ross,  of  War- 
jren,  and  Humphry  H.  Leavitt,  of  Jefferson,  were  the  secreta- 
ries. The  name  of  ex-Governor  Brown  was  placed  at  the  head 
!of  the  electoral  ticket  chosen.  On  the  next  day  another  con- 
vention, composed  largely  of  the  same  delegates,  met  at  the 
same  place  with  Thomas  R.  Ross  as  chairman  and  Caleb 
Atwater  as  secretary,  and  formally  recommended  John  W. 
Campbell,  of  Brown  county,  as  a  suitable  man  to  be  supported 
by  the  friends  of  Jackson  for  the  office  of  Governor.  This  was 
the  first  nomination  of  a  candidate  of  a  political  party  for  a 
state  office  in  Ohio.  Mr.  Campbell,  who  had  served  for  ten 
years  in  Congress,  was  defeated  for  the  office  of  Governor,  and 
was  not  long  after  appointed  by  Jackson  a  United  States  dis- 
trict judge.  The  political  contest  of  1828  was  an  animated 
one  throughout  the  state ;  the  Adams  men  elected  Trimble 
Governor  by  a  majority  of  2,020,  but  in  November  Jackson  re- 
ceived a  majority  of  4,201. 

The  caucus  or  convention  method  of  nominating  candidates 
for  office  was  introduced  into  Ohio  by  the  Jackson  party,  and 
at  first  it  was  strongly  denounced  by  the  opposition  party  as 
an  undemocratic  contrivance  which  abridged  the  liberty  of  the 
voters.  In  1828,  for  the  first  time  in  Warren  county,  caucus 
nominations  for  members  of  the  legislature  were  made  and  a 
Jackson  ticket  put  in  the  field,  which  was  elected  by  a  small 
majority.  Mr.  Morrow  was  not  a  candidate.  The  voters  of 
the  county  were  this  year  nearly  evenly  divided  between  the 
two  parties,  the  Jackson  candidate  for  Governor  having  a  ma- 
jority of  G2  in  October,  but  Adams  a  majority  of  37  over  Jack- 
son at  the  presidential  election  in  November.  The  next  year, 
the  result  of  the  election  being  doubtful,  the  anti-Jackson 
party  induced  their  strongest  men  to  run  for  Representatives 
in  the  legislature.  Governor  Morrow  and  Thomas  Corwin, 
both  against  their  personal  inclinations,  consented  to  be  can- 
didates and  were  elected  by  decided  majorities.  They  were 
not  the  nominees  of  any  caucus  or  convention,  but  both  were 
known  to  be  opponents  of  the  Jackson  administration.     From 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  231 

this  time  forth  Warren  took  its  place  as  one  of  the  strongest 
anti-Jackson  counties  in  Ohio.* 

The  House  of  Representatives  to  which  Morrow  and  Corwin 
were  elected  in  1829,  consisted  of  37  Jackson  and  35  anti-Jack- 
son members.  Thomas  L.  Hamer,  the  talented  young  Demo- 
cratic lawyer  of  Brown  county,  was  the  Speaker.  In  appoint- 
ing the  fifteen  standing  committees  he  gave  a  majority  of  Jack- 
son men  to  eight,  and  a  majority  of  anti-Jackson  men  to  seven. 
Mr.  Morrow  became  chairman  of  the  Finance  committee  and 
Mr.  Corwin  of  the  Judiciary  committee. 

In  the  autumn  of  1831  a  mass  meeting  of  the  opponents  of 
the  administration  of  General  Jackson  in  the  Congressional 
district  composed  of  Butler  and  Warren  counties,  then  repre- 
sented in  Congress  by  Thomas  Corwin,  was  held  at  Red  Buck 
tavern,  near  the  boundary  line  between  the  counties,  for  the 
purpose  of  selecting  a  delegate  to  the  National  Convention  for 
the  nomination  of  candidates  for  President  and  Vice  President. 
Governor  Morrow  was  selected  as  the  delegate  and  accepted 
the  appointment.  The  opponents  of  the  administration  were 
then  known  as  National  Republicans.  The  convention  of  this 
party,  which  nominated  Henry  Clay  and  John  Sargeant,  was 
the  first  one  which  could  be  called  a  national  convention  for 
the  nomination  of  candidates  for  President  and  Vice  President. 
The  convention  assembled  at  Baltimore,  December  12,  1831, 
The  journey  of  Governor  Morrow  to  the  convention  was  made 
in  very  inclement  weather,  and  was  probably  his  first  journey 
in  a  stage  coach  over  the  country  he  had  so  often  traversed  on 
horseback  while  a  member  of  Congress. 

The  convention  was  in  session  five  days.  Henry  Clay  was 
nominated  unanimonsly  on  the  second  day,  the  roll  of  the 
states  being  called,  and  each  delegate  rising  in  his  place  and 
declaring  the  name  of  the  person  for  whom  he  voted.  Daniel 
Webster,  who  was  present  in  the  city,  was  invited  to  a  seat  on 
the  floor  of  the  convention.  On  the  fourth  day  Governor 
Morrow,  chairman  of  the  committee  appointed  to  present  to 
Charles  Carroll,  the  last  survivor  of  the  signers  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  the  resolution  of  the  convention  and 
ascertain  when  it  would  be  convenient  for  him  to  receive  a 
visit  from  the  members  of  the  convention,  reported  that   Mr. 


*The  vote  for  two  Representatives  from  Warren  county  in  1829  stood:  Jeremiah  Morrow 
(anti-Jaekson),  l.OTy ;  Thomas  K.  Koss  (Jackson),  846;  Thomas  Corwin  (anti-Jackson),  1,06b; 
Benjamin  Baldwin  (Jackson),  815. 


232  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Uu^y» 

Carroll  would  be  pleased  to  see  the  members  at  his  house  at 
four  o'clock  on  the  afternoon  of  that  day,  at  which  time  the 
delegates  proceeded  in  a  body  to  the  residence  of  the  venera- 
ble patriot. 

The  convention  adopted  no  platform  of  principles,  but  in  its 
stead  an  address  to  the  people  of  the  United  States,  consisting 
of  twelve  large  octavo  pages.  Along  with  this  address  was 
circulated  a  speech  of  the  President  of  the  convention,  James 
Barbour  of  Virginia,  delivered  just  before  the  adjournment. 
An  extract  from  this  speech  follows: 

"It  is  with  sincere  pleasure,  I  can  declare,  that  my  satisfaction,  with  all 
that  has  occurred  here,  has  been  without  the  alloy  of  a  single  adverse  cir- 
cumstance. I  have  seen  and  the  sight  filled  me  with  joy,  not  only  the 
young  and  the  athletic,  but  sages  laboring  under  bodily  infirmity — among 
whom,  I  beg  particularly  to  refer  to  Gov.  Morrow  of  Ohio,  who  has  so  kind- 
ly and  in  terms  so  flattering,  adverted  to  the  public  services  of  my  col- 
leagues and  myself.  Of  Governor  Morrow,  I  can  in  all  sincerity,  declare, 
that,  having  met  him  in  the  councils  of  the  Nation,  in  the  darkest  period 
of  the  late  war,  I  ever  found  him,  pure  in  motive,  firm  in  purpose,  wise  in 
council,  always  ready  for  any  measure  called  for  by  any  exigency  of  the 
times,  and  ardently  devoted  to  the  interests  and  glory  of  his  country. 
Such  men  I  have  seen,  at  this  most  extraordinary  inclement  season,  com- 
ing from  the  ends  of  the  earth,  traversing  mountains  and  streams,  re- 
gardless of  all  personal  sacrifices,  coming  here,  in  the  perilous  state  of  our 
public  affairs,  to  offer  us  their  counsel,  and  to  aid  us  in  replacing  our  coun- 
try on  the  height  from  which  it  has  been  cast  down.  Their  attendance 
alone  under  such  circumstances,  is  but  too  strong  proof  of  the  unquiet 
state  of  the  public  mind.  I  have  seen  a  convention  thus  composed,  of  the 
young  and  the  old,  concurring  in  every  measure  adopted,  with  an  unanim- 
ity so  unparalleled,  as  in  itself  to  furnish  a  presage  of  success." 

At  the  Presidential  election  the  next  year,  the  name  of  Mor- 
row was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  Clay  ticket  in  Ohio.  This 
was  the  third  time  he  headed  an  electoral  ticket.  It  soon  be- 
came  evident  that  the  success  of  the  candidate  he  had  assisted 
in   nominating    at    Baltimore   was  hopeless.     Jackson   carried 

Ohio  and  received    more  than  three-fourths  of  the  electoral 

I 

votes.     Clay  carried  but  six  states. 

In  1835  for  the  only  time  in  his  life  he  was  defeated  at  the 
polls,  but  a  few  months  later  was  elected  to  the  office  for  which 
he  had  been  defeated.  At  the  close  of  the  session  of  the  legis- 
lature of  1834-35,  Joseph  Whitehill,  Representative  from  War- 
ren county,  resigned  to  accept  the  office  of  state  Treasurer. 
No  election  to  fill  the  vacancy  would  have  been  ordered,  had 
not  the  Governor  called  the  legislature  to  assemble  in  a  special 
session  June  8,  1835,  for  the  consideration  of  the  subject  mat- 
ter of  the  controversy  with  Michigan  concerning  the  boundary 
between  the   states.     A  special   election   in  Warren  county  to 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  233 

fill  the  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Representative  was  ordered  to 
be  held  June  1.  Governor  Morrow  was  solicited  to  be  a  can- 
didate. He  was  opposed  to  the  use  of  his  name  in  the  canvass, 
but  he  said  he  would  serve  if  elected.  At  some  of  the  polls  it 
was  reported  that  he  would  not  accept  the  office.  His  oppo- 
nent received  a  majority  of  fifty-five  votes  in  the  total  vote 
of  1,075.  The  friends  of  the  Governor  who  had  presented  his 
name  were  much  chagrined  at  the  result;  but  he  made  no 
complaint,  and  at  the  October  election  in  the  same  year  he 
consented  to  be  a  candidate  for  the  same  office  and  was  elected 
with  little  opposition.*  On  February  22,  183G,  he  presided  at 
the  Whig  state  convention  at  Columbus,  which  recommended 
Harrison  and  Granger  for  President  and  Vice  President,  and 
nominated  Joseph  Vance  for  Governor. 

In  1835  the  first  turnpike  into  Cincinnati  was  made.  At  the 
close  of  that  year  sixteen  miles  of  macadamized  road  through 
Sharonville  were  completed.  The  Cincinnati,  Montgomery, 
Hopkinsville,  Roachester  and  Clarksville  Macadamized  Turn- 
pike Company  was  chartered  in  1834.  Governor  Morrow  was 
President  of  the  company  and  freely  gave  his  time  without 
compensation  to  carry  forward  this  improvement.  The  turn- 
pike was  completed  to  Hopkinsville  about  1840.  While  this 
work  was  going  on  he  was  also  President  of  the  Little  Miami 
Railroad  Company. 

In  December,  1837,  he  attended  the  Ohio  Educational  Con- 
vention in  Columbus.  The  sessions  were  presided  over  in  turn 
by  ex-Gov.  Morrow,  Gov.  Vance,  Judge  McLean  and  Rev.  Dr. 
Hoge. 

On  the  4th  of  July,  1839,  he  laid  the  corner-stone  of  the 
Capitol  at  Columbus.  The  address  he  delivered  on  this  occa- 
sion has  been  much  admired.  The  ceremonies  were  conducted 
in  the  presence  of  a  large  assemblage,  the  officers  of  the  state, 
the  Judges  of  the  United  States  Circuit  and  District  Courts  and 
three  military  companies.  The  gigantic  corner-stone  was 
placed  at  the  northeast  angle  of  the  foundation.  It  was  in 
two  parts,  and  while  the  lower  half  was  already  firmly  laid  in 
its  place  the  other  was  swinging  aloft  upheld  by  complicated 
mazes  of  cordage.  In  the  excavation  of  the  stone  were  placed 
various  public  documents,  state  papers,  gold  and  silver  coins, 


♦The  vote  for  one  Representative,  in  June,  stood:  Morrow,  510;  Thomas  R.  Ross,  565. 
In  October,  for  two  Representatives,  Morrow,  1,309:  John  Hunt.  848;  L.  Osborn,  810;  Dan- 
iel Morris,  465;  Nathaniel  McLean.  188;  Daniel  Crane,  114.  . — 


234  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Uuly> 

and  specimens  of  the  agricultural  and  manufacturing  produc- 
tions of  Ohio,  all  securely  packed  in  strong  flint  glass  jars. 
Also  a  glass  tube  hermetically  sealed,  in  which  was  a  scroll 
containing  the  following: 

."The  corner-stone  of  the  Capitol  of  Ohio,  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
was  laid,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioners,  by  Jeremiah  Morrow, 
ex-Governor  of  the  state,  and  one  of  its  earliest  pioneers,  in  the  presence 
of  the  officers  of  state,  and  a  large  concourse  of  citizens,  on  the  4th  day 
of  July,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1839,  at  meridian,  being  the  sixty-third  an- 
niversary of  our  National  Independence.  The  State  of  Ohio,  being  the  six- 
teenth state  admitted  into  the  Union,  was  organized  into  an  independent 
State  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1802." 

ADDRESS   OF   EX-GOVERNOR   MORROW. 

Fellow-Citizens: — On  this  day,  the  anniversary  of  American  Independ- 
ence, the  foundation  of  a  great  edifice  is  to  be  laid ;  you  are  assembled  to 
witness  and  assist  in  the  interesting  ceremonies;  an  edifice  that  will' he 
dedicated  as  a  Temple  of  Law — the  Capitol  of  the  state.  A  generation  has 
not  passed  away  since  the  state  of  Ohio  first  took  rank  among  the  states  of 
the  Union — since  the  Constitution,  the  foundation  of  our  political  structure, 
was  formed.  Several  of  the  individuals  yet  remain,  and  it  is  with  pleasure 
I  witness  some  of  them  in  attendance  on  this  occasion,  who  participated 
in  the  early  councils,  and  whose  labors  were  employed  in  giving  form  and 
effect  to  our  civil  and  political  institutions.  The  occasion  seems  to  invite 
to  a  review  of  by-gone  times  and  past  transactions — to  a  comparison  be- 
tween our  former  infant,  and  present  more  matured,  state  of  political  exist- 
ence. 

Then — with  a  population  few  in  numbers,  sparsely  spread  over  unim- 
proved and  unconnected  sections  of  territory,  without  intercourse,  com- 
mercial or  social,  between  the  distant  parts;  a  people  unassimilated  in 
habits  and  manners,  and  without  adequate  revenue  or  resources  for  the 
support  of  their  government.  Now — with  a  population  numerous  and 
comparatively  dense,  spread  over  every  section  of  our  territory — a  system 
adopted  for  general  education,  to  insure  the  cultivation  of  the  intellectual 
and  moral  powers  in  the  rising  generation — public  improvements  extend- 
ing in  every  direction,  and  the  means  and  resources  sufficient,  with  proper 
economy  and  prudent  conduct  to  support  the  necessary  public  expendi- 
tures; This  change,  so  vast  in  our  condition,  and  produced  in  so  short  a 
period,  as  it  is  unexampled,  must  lead  to  the  investigation  of  the  causes 
which  have  produced  such  results.  And  while,  with  devout  gratitude,  we 
recognize  the  protecting  care  of  a  kind  Providence,  vouchsafed  to  our 
country,  we  may  certainly  attribute,  in  some  degree,  our  rapid  growth  and 
continued  progress  in  improvement,  to  the  influence  of  free  institutions,  a 
well  regulated  government,  good  legislation,  and  faithful  administration  of 
justice.  It  is  true  our  system  is  not  perfect.  Imperfection  attaches  to  all 
the  works  of  man,  and  experience  has  pointed  out  many  defects  in  our  con- 
stitution and  laws  which  require  the  efforts  of  an  enlightened  community  to 
to  remedy  and  correct.  But  still  we  may  rest  satisfied  in  the  conclusion 
that  the  system  is  not  far  wrong — the  Government,  in  its  principles  and 
practice,  not  radically  defective — when  a  state  so  great  has  suddenly  grown 
up  in  a  wilderness,  and  an  intelligent  people  continue  to  approve  and 
cherish  the  principles  of  its  organization  and  operations. 

Occupying,  as  this  state  does,  a  station  in  the  political  scale,  among  the 
first  in  the  Union — having  more  than  fulfilled  the  most  sanguine  expecta- 
tions of  its  founders — its  situation  now,  in  almost  every  respect,  what  we 
could  wish  it  to  be,  our  attention  is  drawn  to  the  prospect  before  us. 

The  present  is  reality — the  future  we  cannot  with  certainty  determine. 
It  is  not  permitted  to  any  to  unveil  futurity  :  we  arrive  at  conclusions  by 
the  process  of  reasoning  from  cause  to  effect.     Speculative  theorists  have, 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  235- 

indeed,  imagined  a  law  of  nature  to  exist  which  prescribed  fixed  limits  to 
the  duration  of  states  and  nations,  like  that  which  limits  the  term  of  exist- 
ence to  the  individual  man.  We  are  assured,  by  the  record  of  history,  that 
the  nations  of  antiquity  had  their  rise  and  progress  to  maturity — a  period 
of  pristine  vigor — a  decline  and  final  extinction ;  and  it  would  seem  that 
the  same  inevitable  decree  of  nature  has  operation  on  the  nations  of  mod- 
ern times.  Some — once  mighty  and  powerful — are  now  hastening  to  final 
dissolution,  like  the  exhausted  taper  flickering  in  its  socket  to  extinction. 
But  the  cases  are  not  analogous  ;  in  the  one  moral  causes  operate — in  the 
other  the  causes  are  physical.  We  may  then,  with  certainty,  conclude, 
that  a  political  community  has  an  indefinite  period  of  duration — that  while 
we  continue  to  cherish  and  preserve  our  free  institutions — while  we  are 
true  to  our  best  interests,  we  may  calculate  on  a  continued  course  of  im- 
provement. But,  in  reference  to  the  object  more  immediately  in  our  view, 
I  pronounce  that  Ohio,  a  member  of  this  great  republic,  by  her  assembled 
people,  this  day  lays  the  corner-stone  of  her  future  CapitoL  Let  the  foun- 
dations be  deep  and  strong;  let  the  materials  be  of  nature's  most  lasting 
gifts — durable — imperishable;  let  the  edifice  rise  in  solemn,  simple  grand- 
eur, a  monument  of  chaste  and  classic  beauty.  And  may  the  lightnings 
of  heaven,  which  scathe,  aad  the  whirlwind  and  storm,  which  prostrate 
the  works  of  man,  pass  by  and  spare  this  house,  erected  by  a  mighty  peo- 
ple, and  consecrated  to  social  and  constitutional  government.  And  may 
the  councils  of  truth  and  justice  and  virtue  preside  in  its  halls;  may  discord 
and  faction  be  put  far  from  them;  and  may  a  free  and  united  people,  who 
reared  it,  and  whose  temple  it  is,  watch  over  and  cherish  within  its  walls 
the  form  and  spirit  of  their  republican  institutions.  And  may  the  bless- 
ings of  a  benign  Providence,  now  and  through  all  coming  time,  rest  upon 
this  people,  and  upon  this  house,  the  work  of  their  hands. 

I  NOW  LAY  THE  CORNER-STONE  OF  THE  CAPITOL  OF  OHIO  ! 


The  First  Railroad  Out  of  Cincinnati. 

Jeremiah  Morrow  was  the  president  and  the  most  conspicu- 
ous figure  of  the  company  which  constructed  the  first  railroad 
out  of  Cincinnati.  The  most  important  public  service  of  his 
last  years  was  in  thus  opening  direct  railroad  communication 
from  the  Ohio  river  to  the  interior  of  the  state  and  to  the 
lakes.  He  had  done  much  to  improve  the  inland  channels  of 
intercourse;  he  had  been  one  of  the  originators  of  the  Cum- 
berland road  ;  a  member  of  the  first  state  board  of  canal  com- 
missioners of  Ohio,  and  the  advocate  and  promoter  of  the 
macadamized  highways  to  Cincinnati  ;  he  was  in  his  old  age 
to  give  his  time  and  energies  without  compensation  to  the  con- 
struction of  a  steam  railway  along  the  river  upon  which  he  had 
been  a  pioneer. 

The  last  legislature  in  which  he  served  incorporated  the  Lit- 
tle Miami  Railroad  Company,  March  11,  1836.  The  capital 
authorized  was  $7.50,000.  Commissioners  for  receiving  sub- 
scriptions of  stock  were  appointed,  of  whom  he  was  one.  The 
preliminary  survey  to   discover   a  practical    route  for  the  rail- 


236  Jeremiah  Morroiu.  [July, 


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way  was  intrusted  to  Ormsby  M.  Mitchell,  a  graduate  of  West 
Point,  then  a  young  professor  in  the  Cincinnati  college,  after- 
ward distinguished  as  an  astronomer  and  a  general.  Professor 
Mitchell  made  an  examination  of  the  country  first  on  horse 
back  and  commenced  his  survey  with  instruments  at  Xenia. 
He  began  his  iwork  on  the  12th  of  June,  1837 ;  his  report  of 
the  survey  is  dated  August  24  of  the  same  year.  He  found 
that  the  country  afforded  more  than  one  practicable  route  and 
was  disposed  to  favor  the  crossing  of  the  river  at  a  point  about 
two  miles  below  Waynesville,  and  to  follow  the  western  side 
thence  to  Columbia  ;  in  this  way,  he  said,  the  heavy  viaducts 
across  Caesar's  creek,  East  Fork  and  Todd's  Fork  would  be 
avoided.  He  recommended,  however,  an  accurate  survey  of 
both  sides  of  the  river  before  a  final  location  was  made.  He 
estimated  that  the  88  miles  of  the  road  could  be  completed 
ready  for  the  locomotive  for  8596,000. 

When  the  road  was  projected  it  was  believed  that  the  numer- 
ous mills  on  the  Little  Miami  would  furnish  an  important  part 
of  the  freight  to  be  carried.  There  were  then  fifty  flour  mills 
along  the  proposed  line  or  near  it  manufacturing  about  100,- 
000  barrels  of  flour  annually,  for  market  ;  there  were  also 
twenty  saw  mills,  six  distilleries,  three  paper  mills  and  one 
cotton  factory.  Prof.  Mitchell  quotes  Gov.  Morrow  as  saying 
that  while  he  had  at  his  mill  all  the  power  and  machinery 
necessary  for  the  manufacture  of  merchant  flour,  he  found  the 
business  unprofitable  on  account  of  the  extreme  difficulty  of 
getting  the  flour  to  market.  After  the  completion  of  the 
Miami  canal  the  mills  on  the  Little  Miami  could  not  compete 
with  those  in  the  Great  Miami  valley. 

The  second  important  object  the  projectors  had  in  view  was 
a  rapid  and  cheap  conveyance  from  the  Ohio  river  to  the  grc.it 
National  road  at  Springfield,  the  first  direct  artery  of  trade 
and  travel  from  Ohio  to  the  seaboard.  Notwithstanding  the 
bad  condition  of  the  country  roads  at  that  time  from  forty  to 
sixty  passengers  went  daily  by  stage-coach  between  Spring- 
field and  Cincinnati,  and  it  was  predicted  that  the  numbei 
would  at  once  be  quadrupled  by  the  completion  of  the  railroad. 
A  third  object  was  the  formation  of  a  line  of  railroad  through 
the  entire  state  by  a  connection  at  Springfield  with  the  road 
from  Sandusky  already  in  progress  of  construction. 


1006.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  237 

The  charter  of  the  Little  Miami  road  provided  that  the  com- 
pany should  be  allowed  to  charge  not  more  than  five  cents  per 
mile  for  each  ton  of  freight  and  three  cents  for  each  passenger; 
and  that  the  state  should  have  the  privilege  at  any  time  within 
thirty-five  years,  of  purchasing  the  road  for  the  use  of  the  state 
at  a  price  not  exceeding  the  original  cost  and  fifteen  per  cent, 
additional.  The  shares  of  stock  were  850  each  and  a  cash  pay- 
ment of  §5  was  required  on  each  share  subscribed. 

Subscriptions  of  stock  were  not  made  with  great  liberality 
by  individuals,  but  the  city  of  Cincinnati  subscribed  §200,000 
and  the  county  of  Greene  §50,000,  the  last  with  the  proviso 
that  the  money  be  expended  within  the  county.  At  a  later 
period  Clark  county  subscribed  §25,000.  The  Ohio  legislature 
in  1837  authorized  a  loan  by  the  state  to  railroad  companies  in 
negotiable  certificates  of  stock  bearing  six  per  cent,  interest, 
equal  to  one-third  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  company,  and 
under  this  act  the  Little  Miami  obtained  aid  from  the  state. 
When  thirty  miles  of  the  road  had  been  completed  and  the 
company  was  in  great  distress,  the  city  of  Cincinnati  made  a 
loan  to  the  company  of  §100,000,  payable  in  1880.  The  great 
liberality  of  Cincinnati,  when  the  first  step  was  to  be  taken  in 
the  construction  of  a  magnificent  system  of  railways,  and  the 
city  was  yet  small,  should  not  be  forgotten.  An  early  report 
gives  the  following  as  the  subscriptions  to  the  capital  stock  : 

The  City  of  Cincinnati $200,000. 

The  State  of  Ohio 121,900. 

The  County  of  Greene 50,000. 

Individuals 154,050. 

Total $525,950. 

The  gauge  was  four  feet  ten  inches,  the  same  as  that  of  the 
northern  road  on  which  a  few  miles  of  track  had  already  been 
laid  out  from  Sandusky.  Thus  was  established  what  was  long 
the  Ohio  railroad  gauge,  differing  from  that  of  the  eastern 
roads,  which  was  four  feet  eight  and  one-half  inches,  a  differ- 
ence which  resulted  in  intermediate  gauges  and  compromise 
car  wheels,  and  an  outlay  of  millions  of  dollars  before  the 
standard  gauge  of  fifty-six  inches  became  universal  in  the 
United  States.  The  superstructure  was  mostly  of  wood.  The 
cross-ties  were  firmly  imbedded  in  gravel  or  broken  stone,  and 
in  them  notches  were  cut  into  which  the  wooden  rails  or  string 
pieces  were  securely  wedged.     On  these   were  placed  the  flat 


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238  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [July, 


iron  bars.  The  string  pieces  were  of  sawn  oak  or  other  dura 
ble  timber,  about  six  by  eight  inches,  and  twelve  feet  long 
They  were  beveled  for  the  flange  of  the  car  wheels,  so  that  th 
locomotive  could  run  on  the  wooden  rails  before  the  iron  v,a- 
laid,  as  was  sometimes  done  in  the  construction  of  the  track. 
Some  miles  of  the  road  were  first  laid  with  poplar  rails,  which 
proved  unfit  for  the  purpose,  and  were  replaced  with  oak.  On 
the  Eastern  roads  Carolina  pine  was  used  for  rails.  The  flat 
iron  rail  was  2x/2  inches  wide  by  ^  in  thickness.  Professor 
Mitchell  thought  that  a  rail  two  inches  by  one  inch  would  be 
better.  In  1844  President  Morrow  congratulated  the  company 
that  in  the  last  contracts  for  iron  rails  the  size  had  been  in- 
creased to  two  and  a  half  inches  by  seventh-eighths  of  an 
inch. 

After  the  contracts  had  been  made  for  the  construction  of 
the  lower  end  of  the  road  and  while  the  work  was  being  pushed 
forward  rapidly,  a  financial  panic  came  on  throughout  the 
country.  Many  of  the  stockholders  failed  and  others  were  in 
such  straits  as  to  be  unable  to  pay  the  instalments  on  their 
stock  as  they  became  due.  The  legislature  repealed  the  act 
authorizing  loans  to  such  companies  and  no  further  aid  from 
the  state  could  be  expected.  Contractors  who  had  finished 
their  work  could  not  obtain  their  pay.  Laborers  with  pick^ 
and  shovels  surrounded  the  house  of  the  treasurer,  William 
Lewis,  at  Fulton,  demanding  their  money.  Notes  bearing  six 
per  cent,  interest  were  given  to  the  most  clamorous.  The  ma- 
chinery necessary  for  carrying  on  the  work  of  construction  was 
levied  on  and  in  some  cases  sold.  Farmers  paid  their  sub- 
scriptions in  cattle  and  other  live  stock,  which  was  disposed  ol 
by  the  company,  often  at  a  sacrifice,  and  sometimes  butchered 
and  the  meat  distributed  among  the  laborers.  But  the  cour- 
age of  the  president  never  gave  away.  The  name  of  Governor 
Morrow  at  the  head  of  the  directory  inspired  confidence  even 
in  the  face  of  an  empty  treasury.  To  gain  time  for  recruiting, 
to  save  from  sale  the  machinery  of  the  road,  the  property  wa- 
on  July  1,  1843,  placed  in  the  hands  of  a  trustee.  The  real 
estate  on  Front  street  in  Cincinnati,  purchased  for  a  depot,  was 
sold  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  more  pressing  creditors,  and 
thus  the  company's  credit  was  restored. 

The  road  crept  slowly  up  the  Little  Miami.  The  work  ol 
construction  was  commenced  in  1837.     In  December,  1841.  the 


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1<.K)0.]  jferefttiah  Morrow.  239 

track  had  been  laid  only  from  Fulton  to  Milford,  a  distance 
of  fifteen  miles.  The  next  year  the  road  reached  Fosters.  In 
July,  1844,  the  first  cars  were  seen  at  Deerfield,  now  South 
Lebanon,  and  before  the  close  of  the  same  year  they  were  at 
the  mouth  of  Todd's  Fork.  In  August,  1845,  the  road  was 
completed  to  Xenia,  and  on  the  10th  day  of  August,  1846,  ten 
years  after  the  road  was  chartered,  the  first  train  reached 
Springfield.  Two  years  later  the  Mad  River  and  Lake  Erie 
united  with  the  Little  Miami  at  Springfield,  making  the  first 
uninterrupted  railroad  communication  from  the  Ohio  to  the 
lakes.  No  sooner  had  the  road  reached  Todd's  Fork  than  a 
town  sprang  up  there,  which  was  named  Morrow,  in  honor  of 
the  president. 

The  road  was  opened  for  traffic  with  an  excursion  over  the 
fifteen  miles  of  road  completed  from  Fulton  to  Milford,  in 
which  the  city  council,  newspaper  men  and  other  citizens  were 
invited.  The  first  grand  excursion  on  the  first  railroad  out  of 
Cincinnati  took  place  on  December  14,  1841.  The  train  left 
Fulton  at  11  o'clock,  and  though  delayed  some  time  by  the 
earth  falling  from  an  embankment  upon  the  track,  reached 
Milford  in  one  hour  and  a  half.  The  excursionists  remained 
at  Milford  about  an  hour,  during  which  the  citizens  of  that  vil- 
lage were  taken  on  a  short  excursion.  On  the  return,  Fulton 
was  reached  in  a  little  over  an  hour.  The  name  of  the  engine 
was  Gov.  Morrow,  that  of  the  leading  car,  James  Madison. 
The  Cincinnati  Gazette,  of  December  15,  1841,  in  describing 
the  excursion,  said : 

"We  cannot  forbear  thanking  those  who  through  good  and  evil  report, 
persevered  in  urging  this  enterprise  forward.  They  have  acted  nobly  and 
well,  and  the  clay  is  not  far  distant  when  all  will  admit,  as  we  believe  that 
this  is  one  of  the  most  important  works  which  have  been  undertaken  for 
Cincinnati  and  Ohio. 

"We  felt  strongly  as  we  were  whirled  along  at  rapid  pace,  what  a  change 
a  few  years  had  caused  in  this  glorious  West.  There  were  men  with  us 
who  could  tell  the  tales  of  Indian  warfare,  of  the  hardships  of  our  pioneer 
fathers,  of  the  isolated  condition  of  the  new  settlements,  with  all  its  diffi- 
culties and  trials,  and  yet  in  their  day  they  had  lived  to  see  the  power  of 
science  turning  this  wilderness  into  a  garden,  and  bringing  distant  points 
together  as  if  they  were  one  neighborhood.  All  honor  to  the  enterprise 
and  energy  of  that  people  who  can  work  such  changes." 

In  December,  1843,  the  first  report  of  President  Morrow  was 
printed.  There  were  then  twenty-eight  miles  of  road  in  daily- 
use  ;  the  company  owned  one  locomotive,  two  passenger  cars, 
one  for  thirty  and  the  other  for  sixty  passengers,  eight  freight 
cars  and  three  hand  cars.     During  the  year  11,271  passengers 


240  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Quly> 

had  been  carried,  and  the  president  reported  that  with  the 
equipment  then  possessed,  it  was  impossible  to  run  the  train 
with  regularity  or  to  do  the  business  offered. 

It  the  year  1844  a  second  locomotive  and  new  cars  were  pur- 
chased. Two  trains  were  run  on  one  track  at  the  same  time, 
then  considered  a  wonderful  feat,  and  as  time-tables  were  not 
yet  used,  the  conductors  were  instructed  to  run  slowly  and  to 
be  careful  to  prevent  a  collision.  Two  engines,  however,  col- 
lided to  the  serious  injury  of  both.  Some  of  the  early  time- 
tables were  about  the  size  of  a  man's  hand,  and  have  the  run- 
ning time  filled  in  with  a  pen,  and  on  the  back  the  direction : 
"Pass  all  roads  slowly,  taking  care  not  to  frighten  horses." 

About  the  year  1844  an  agent  was  sent  East  to  obtain  at 
Boston  either  stock  subscriptions  or  a  loan  of  $200,000  in  order 
to  complete  the  road  to  Xenia  and  Springfield.  The  mission 
was  not  successful.  In  1845.  after  the  completion  of  the  road 
to  Xenia,  Clark  county  subscribed  to  the  capital  stock  $25,0<  >* '. 
and  individual  subscriptions  were  received  to  the  amount  of 
89,000.  The  president  urged  the  completion  of  the  remaining 
twenty  miles  from  Xenia  to  Springfield,  and  claimed  that  the 
revenue  from  Springfield  and  its  connections  would  exceed 
that  of  the  entire  road  from  Cincinnati  to  Xenia,  and  the  time 
from  Cincinnati  to  Boston  during  the  season  of  lake  navigation 
would  be  less  than  three  days.  The  contract  for  completing 
the  road  to  Springfield  was  made  in  July,  1845. 

In  the  early  reports  are  found  sums  expended  for  "animal 
power"  in  the  running  of  trains.  The  authorities  of  Cincinnati 
would  not  at  first  permit  the  running  of  a  steam  locomotive 
within  the  city  limits,  and  horses  were  employed  in  drawing 
the  cars  between  the  depot  and  the  city  boundary. 

The  first  locomotives  in  Ohio  were  made  in  the  eastern 
cities  and  were  shipped  to  the  state  by  water ;  those  for  tin- 
Little  Miami  road  via  New  Orleans  to  Cincinnati  ;  those  f<  r 
the  Mad  River  and  Lake  Erie  by  canal  and  the  lake  to  Sai 
dusky.  The  first  locomotive  in  Cincinnati,  the  "Gov.  Mor- 
row," was  a  small  but  serviceable  engine  of  twelve  tons,  with 
only  one  driving-wheel  on  each  side.  The  following  locom 
tives  for  the  Little  Miami  road  were  purchased  up  to  1847: 

Gov.  Morrow,    12  tons.  Warren,  14  tons.  Ohio,  15  ton' 

Xenia,  13    "  Win.  Peril),  15     "  Miami,  13 

Ben.  Franklin,  15    "  Robt.  Fulton,  15     "  Hamilton,  16     \ 

Milford,  15    "  Shawnee,  10    "  Greene,  H 

Cincinnati,        16     "  Springfield,  13    "  Arthur  St.  Clair,  15 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  241 

In  1846  a  dividend  of  five  per  cent,  was  declared  to  the  stock- 
holders. The  earnings  increased  so  rapidly  that  the  next  year 
the  dividend  was  8*4  per  cent.  The  Little  Miami  prospered. 
It  received  the  sobriquet  of  "The  Old  Reliable,"  and  some  of 
its  projectors  lived  to  see  it  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  con- 
ducted railroads  in  the  country,  and  its  stock  quoted  at  148. 
In  1869  the  entire  road  was  leased  to  the  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati 
and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company  for  ninety-nine  years  at  an 
annual  rental  of  8480,000,  eight  per  cent,  of  its  capital  stock. 

Governor  Morrow,  who  had  labored  for  the  road  from  its 
inception  amid  the  discouragements  resulting  from  the  doubts 
of  many  of  its  feasibility,  the  opposition  of  some,  and  the  dis- 
astrous effects  of  a  general  financial  panic,  having  seen  the 
road  under  his  administration  put  into  successful  operation  and 
placed  on  a  paying  basis,  resigned  the  office  of  president  of 
the  company  in  1845.  As  an  officer  of  the  road  he  would  re- 
ceive no  compensation  for  his  services,  accepting  only  pay- 
ment for  his  expenditures.  The  company  was  able  to  pay  his 
successors  handsome  salaries. 


The  Last  Years  in  Congress. 

In  1840  ex- Governor  Morrow  was  elected  a  member  of  Con- 
gress from  the  Fourth  Congressional  District,  composed  of  the 
counties  of  Warren,  Highland  and  Clinton,  to  succeed  Thomas 
Corwin,  who  resigned  to  accept  the  Whig  nomination  for  gov- 
ernor. This  was  the  only  case  in  which  he  was  elected  to  Con- 
gress to  represent  only  a  portion  of  the  state  and  the  only  in- 
stance in  which  he  was  nominated  for  an  office  by  a  political 
convention. 

The  animated  contest  for  the  Presidency  in  1840  began  early 
in  the  spring.  Harrison  and  Tyler  had  been  nominated  at 
Harrisburg,  Dec.  6,  1839.  Corwin  was  nominated  for  Governor 
at  a  great  mass  meeting  at  Columbus,  Feb.  22,  18-10.  The 
public  mind  was  soon  put  in  commotion  by  large  mass  meet- 
ings and  mass  conventions,  some  of  which  were  of  enormous 
size. 

The  mass  convention  of  the  Whigs  for  the  nomination  of  a 
candidate  for  Congress  was  held  at  Wilmington  on  May  22. 
For  weeks  before  the  meeting  local  committees  were  at  work 
throughout  the  three  counties  to  insure  a  large  attendance,  and 


242  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Duly, 

their  efforts  were  successful.  It  was  estimated  that  there  were 
ten  thousand  people  present.  The  people  went  on  foot,  on 
horseback,  in  wagons,  and  in  log  cabins  and  immense  canoes 
placed  on  wheels  and  drawn  by  six  horses.  They  carried  ban- 
ners, coon-skins,  and  kegs  of  hard  cider,  and  sang  doggerel 
ballads  made  for  the  occasion,  accompanied  with  the  noise  of 
fifes,  drums  and  fiddles.  There  were  three  large  canoes  and 
one  log  cabin  from  Warren  county.  Nathaniel  McLean,  of 
Warren  county,  was  the  President  of  the  meeting,  and  Thomas 
Corwin  orator.  Before  the  address  of  Corwin  the  main  busi- 
ness of  the  convention  was  transacted.  The  people  of  the  three 
counties  being  separated  into  three  meetings,  appointed  fifty- 
delegates  from  each  county  for  the  purpose  of  nominating  a 
candidate  for  Congress.  The  delegates  having  met,  reported 
to  the  convention  that  they  had  agreed  upon  Jeremiah  Morrow 
as  the  candidate  for  the  unexpired  term  of  Corwin,  and  also 
for  the  ensuing  full  term.  This  report  was  then  unanimously 
confirmed  by  a  vote  of  the  whole  convention.  All  the  coun- 
ties of  the  district  were  Whig  and  Gov.  Morrow  had  a  large 
majority.* 

He  took  his  seat  at  the  commencement  of  the  second  session 
of  the  26th  Congress  and  served  three  years.  Twenty-one 
years  had  elapsed  since  his  retirement  from  the  Senate.  Great 
changes  had  taken  place  in  that  time.  He  found  few  of  those 
who  had  formerly  served  with  him.  Of  the  members  of  the 
eighth  Congress  in  which  he  had  first  taken  his  seat  as  a  mem- 
ber, besides  himself,  one  only  was  a  member  of  this — John 
Quincy  Adams,  then  a  Senator,  now  a  Representative. 

He  was  again  placed  in  his  old  position  as  a  member  of  the 
Committee  on  Public  Lands.  He  voted  for  the  bill  distribut- 
ing the  proceeds  of  the  Public  Lands  among  the  states.  He 
supported  in  general  the  measure  of  the  Whigs,  and  repudiated 
the  policy  of  President  Tyler. 

The  President's  veto  of  the  National  Bank  bill  produced  its 
natural  effect  upon  the  party  which  had  elected  him.  The 
President  was  boldly  denounced  in  both  Houses  by  individual 
members.  But  the  Whigs  determined  upon  a  more  formal  and 
denunciation  and  repudiation  of  the  President,  and  according- 
ly on  September  11,  1841,  the  same  day  that  the  whole  cabinet 


*The  Democratic  candidate  was  General  Benjamin  Baldwin,  of  Warren  county.    Th« 
Whig  vote  in  the  district  wus  6,714 ;  the  Democratic,  4,620. 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  243 

except  Webster  resigned,  the  Whigs  of  both  Houses  held  a 
meeting  to  determine  on  a  course  of  action  under  the  embar- 
rassing circumstances.  Two  Presidents  of  the  meeting  were 
appointed,  Nathan  F.  Dixon,  of  Rhode  Island,  from  the  Sen- 
ate, and  Jeremiah  Morrow  from  the  House,  "both  venerable 
on  account  of  age  and  character."  The  resolutions  adopted  at 
this  meeting  were  expressive  of  the  indignation  of  the  Whigs 
throughout  the  country  and  formally  excommunicated  the 
the  President  from  the  party. 

While  he  faithfully  discharged  all  the  duties  of  his  office, 
Morrow's  last  years  in  Congress  were  irksome  to  him.  He  felt 
that  he  belonged  to  a  past  age.  Twenty-one  years  had  made 
no  less  change  in  the  manners  than  in  the  men  of  Congress. 
The  spoils  system  had  in  that  time  been  fastened  upon  the 
government.  The  practice  had  been  introduced  of  speech- 
making  by  the  hour  on  topics  already  exhausted,  solely  for 
personal  ends.  The  halls  of  Congress  had  been  turned  into  an 
arena  for  wordy  contests  for  party  purposes  and  to  the  neglect 
of  public  interests.  There  were  more  personalities  in  debate 
and  less  courtesy  among  members.  "  My  old  associates,"  he 
said,  "are  nearly  all  gone.  I  am  acting  with  another  genera- 
tion. The  courtesies  which  members  formerly  extended  to 
one  another  are,  in  a  great  measure,  laid  aside.  I  feel  that  I 
am  in  the  way  of  younger  men."  He  determined  not  to  per- 
mit the  use  of  his  name  again  as  a  candidate. 

On  July  29,  1842,  there  was  a  public  meeting  at  the  court 
house  in  Lebanon,  for  the  purpose  of  choosing  delegates  to 
the  congressional  district  nominating  convention  to  be  held  a 
few  weeks  later.  After  the  transaction  of  the  main  business 
of  the  meeting,  Governor  Morrow,  who  was  present,  asked  the 
indulgence  of  the  audience  while  he  addressed  a  few  words  to 
the  delegates  then  appointed. 

After  referring  to  the  importance  of  the  trust  conferred  and 
the  duty  imposed  on  them  by  their  appointment,  he  said  they 
would  rightly  be  blamed  if  they  did  not  make  a  suitable  selec- 
tion of  a  candidate  for  Congress,  for  the  district  afforded 
abundant  material  for  a  good  selection. 

"It  is  generally  known,"  he  said,  "  that  I  decline  being  a  candidate  for 
re-election  to  a  seat  in  Congress.  My  determination  to  do  so  was  formed 
and  imparted  to  many  immediately  after  I  commenced  service  under  the 
last  election  to  that  oilice.  My  name,  of  course,  will  not  be  before  the  con- 
vention. This  determination  was  not  made  from  any  repugnance  t<>  the 
service.    The  oflice  of  Representative  is  a  highly  honorable  oilice  to  those 


Home,  Farm  and  Mill. 

The  home  life  of  Jeremiah  Morrow  was  that  of  a  farmer 
among  farmers.  His  house  was  distinguished  from  those  of 
his  neighboring  farmers  more  by  the  evidence  found  within  of 
intellectual  life  than  by  any  exterior  elegance  or  splendor. 
He  lived  with  republican  simplicity  and  independence,  owning 
the  land  he  tilled  and  owing  no  man  aught.  In  his  husbandry 
he  was  frugal,  but  it  was  the  frugality  of  thrift,  not  of  avarice. 
In  his  domestic  economy  he  preserved,  perhaps  as  nearly  as  is 
possible,  the  golden  mean  between  parsimony  and  improvi- 
dence. 

His  farm  residence  which  succeeded  his  pioneer  cabin  was 
built  about  1800,  and  was  a  substantial  and  comfortable,  but  by 


244  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [July, 

. 

who  discbarge  their  duty  well.  How  far  my  services  in  the  last  Congress 
have  been  useful,  it  is  not  for  me  to  determine.  The  course  of  policy  which 
the  majority  attempted  to  adopt  met  my  unqualified  approbation.  I  could 
with  n  good  conscience  and  entire  consistency  with  a  former  course,  art 
with  the  Whig  party  in  all  their  leading  measures.  - 

"  My  reasons  for  declining  are  mainly  personal.  It  is  now  nearly  forty- 
three  years  since  I  was  by  the  favor  of  the  people  first  called  into  public 
life  as  a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature,  and  I  have  rendered  a  con- 
tinuous service  in  public  life  ever  since  in  various  capacities,  with  short 
intervals.  Though  blessed  with  a  good  physical  constitution,  I  feel  the  in- 
firmities of  advancing  age  growing  upon  me.  Most  of  my  contemporaries  in 
early  service  have  been  called  to  another  stage  of  existence.  I  have  ascer- 
tained that  but  five  associated  with  me  in  the  first  Congress  in  which  1 
rendered  service  in  1803,  yet  remain  in  life.  My  last  services  in  Congress 
were  not  with  early  contemporaries,  but  really  among  posterity.  Hence  I 
concluded  that  I  had  already  served  my  generation  in  public  life.  To  make 
further  claims  on  the  public  confidence  would  manifest  unwonted  ambition 
and  be  an  effort  to  go  out  of  my  proper  place.  Admonished  by  these  con- 
siderations, I  retire  from  public  service  with  an  ardent  wish  for  renewed 
prosperity  to  our  beloved  country.     I  have  no  more  to  say." 

Among  those  present  at  this  meeting  was  Durbin  Ward,  a 
student  at  law  in  the  office  of  Gov.  Corwin  at  Lebanon,  and 
ten  years  later,  in  his  eulogium  on  Gov.  Morrow,  pronounced 
in  the  Ohio  House  of  Representatives,  Mr.  Ward  said: 

"  I  well  remember  when  the  venerable  old  man  declined  serving  longer 
in  Congress.  With  that  gravity  of  intonation  for  which  he  was  so  remarka- 
ble, he  announced  to  his  assembled  fellow-citizens  that  he  wished  to  be  ex- 
cused from  serving  them  longer — that  he  had  lived  through  his  age  and 
generation  and  served  it  as  best  he  could  ;  that  the  new  men  and  new  inter- 
ests had  grown  up  around  him,  and  that  it  was  now  proper  for  him  to  leave 
those  interests  to  the  keeping  of  the  present  generation,  who  better  under- 
stood and  who  more  warmly  sympathized  in  the  wants  of  the  present  age. 
He  made  the  same  response  when  solicited  to  take  a  seat  in  the  second  con- 
stitutional convention.  He  said  he  had  assisted  in  forming  one  constitu- 
tion ;  it  was  now  worn  out  and  he  was  worn  out  with  it.  The  new  one 
ought  to  be  formed  by  those  who  would  live  under  it." 




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no  means  imposing  frame  structure,  two  stories  high  with  a 
wing  of  one  story.  Inside  were  the  old-fashioned  wide  fire- 
places and  the  plain  furniture  of  the  old  time  farm  house  with 
long  and  well  filled  book-shelves. 

On  leaving  the  paternal  roof  his  father  had  been  able  to 
make  him  an  advancement  of  only  one  hundred  and  thirty 
pounds,  Pennsylvania  currency,  and  ten  years  elapsed  after  his 
emigration  to  the  West,  before  he  was  able  pay  for  his  entire 
farm.  He  received  deeds  from  John  Cleves  Symmes,  the  pat- 
entee of  the  Miami  Purchase,  at  three  different  dates,  the  price 
paid  advancing  with  the  times — in  1800,  two  hundred  and 
ten  acres  at  §1.50  per  acre,  in  1S03  two  hundred  and  twelve 
acres  at  83.00  per  acre,  and  in  1805  ninety  acres  at  §4.00  per 
acre.  In  1816  he  sold  seventy  acres  of  uncleared  land  well 
situated  on  the  Cincinnati  and  Chillicothe  road  at  86.25  per 
acre,  a  fact  which  indicates  that,  notwithstanding  the  rapid 
influx  of  emigrants,  land  on  the  Little  Miami  did  not  rise 
rapidly  in  value. 

The  pioneer  did  not  find  farming  even  on  the  new  and  fertile 
farms  an  easy  road  to  wealth.  There  were  few  articles  of  ex- 
port from  the  land  of  the  early  settler.  For  the  first  year  or 
two  he  was  fortunate  if  he  grew  enough  to  feed  and  clothe 
himself  and  family  in  comfort,  and  after  his  land  was  well 
cleared  and  he  was  able  to  produce  more  than  he  could  con- 
sume at  home,  he  found  great  embarrassment  in  getting  his 
farm  products  to  market.  Previous  to  the  introduction  of 
steamboats  on  the  Ohio,  about  1817,  prices  of  farm  products  at 
Cincinnati  were  almost  uniformly  low,  while  the  articles  the 
farmer  was  compelled  to  purchase  were  high. 

The  market  produce  from  Mr.  Morrow's  farm  was  hauled  to 
Cincinnati  in  a  wagon  drawn  sometimes  by  horses  and  some- 
times by  oxen  over  the  bridgeless  and  ungravelled  state  road. 
The  driver  often  encamped  over  night  in  the  woods  on  Walnut 
Hills  and  drove  to  market  in  the  morning.  In  cold  nights  the 
camp  fires  of  many  teamsters  could  be  seen  in  the  woods  where 
now  is  a  populous  portion  of  the  city. 

On  Mr.  Morrow's  farm  as  well  as  on  most  of  the  farms  of  his 
neighbors,  was  a  small  flock  of  sheep  and  a  small  patch  of  flax. 
The  wool  and  tow  necessary  for  clothing  were  prepared  and 
spun  in  the  family.  The  walnut  and  butternut  furnished  dyes. 
Cloth  of  mixed   linen  and  wool,  called  "  linsey-woolsey,"  was 


246  Jeremiah  Morrow.  '  Duly> 

common  for  men's  wear.  Morrow  introduced  the  first  Merino 
sheep  into  this  part  of  the  Miami  Valley,  paying  §300  for  two 
Merinos. 

Both  cattle  and  hogs  were  allowed  for  most  of  the  year  to 
shift  for  themselves  in  the  woods.  The  tinkle  of  the  cow  bell 
was  a  familiar  sound.  The  cattle  sometimes  strayed  far 
from  the  farm  and  were  only  found  after  a  search  of  days. 
Advertisements  of  animals  lost  or  stolen  were  common.  Where 
Maineville  now  is,  a  cleared  piece  of  ground  deserted  by  the 
owner,  was  overgrown  with  wild  grass  which  the  cattle  pre- 
ferred to  that  grown  in  the  shade,  and  here  on  the  other  side 
of  the  river  and  more  than  three  miles  from  his  home,  Mr. 
Morrow's  strayed  cattle  were  often  found.  The  long-legged, 
slim  and  coarse  swine  became  wild,  fierce  and  fleet,  in  scouring 
the  woods  for  a  scanty  subsistence  in  the  summer,  but  often 
became  well-fattened  in  the  autumn  by  feeding  on  acorns  and 
nuts. 

In  the  earlier  years  of  his  life  in  the  west,  his  farming  imple- 
ments were  made  on  the  farm.  He  himself  sometimes  con- 
structed  the  wood-work  of  his  plow  for  which,  the  blacksmith 
made  the  iron  plowshare.  The  mouldboard  was  of  wood,  split 
from  timber  of  winding  grain,  or  hewn  in  a  concave  form  in 
order  to  turn  over  the  soil.  In  his  experience  as  a  plow- 
maker,  he  found,  as  he  told  in  later  years,  that  it  could  never 
be  known  until  after  trial  whether  his  plow  would  work  well 
or  not  ;  though  all  were  made  after  the  same  pattern,  for  some 
inexplicable  reason,  some  were  of  light  draft  and  turned  the 
sod  well,  while  others  clogged  up  and  were  of  heavy  draft. 

When  at  home  he  not  only  personally  directed  and  superin- 
tended all  his  farm  work,  but  he  labored  with  his  own  hands  at 
the  head  of  his  workmen.  Reared  on  a  farm,  he  was  able  to 
perform  nearly  all  kinds  of  agricultural  labor  with  skill  and 
expedition.  In  the  harvest  field  few  men  could  excel  him 
with  a  sickle.  Although  he  was  the  owner  of  five  hundred 
acres,  at  no  period  did  he  cultivate  more  than  about  two  hun- 
dred. He  gave  a  portion  of  his  land  to  his  children  to  culti- 
vate, as  they  were  married  and  settled  in  the  business  of  fann- 
ing. 

During  the  war  with  England  he  erected  on  his  land  a  mill, 
the  power  for  which  was  obtained  by  a  dam  of  stone  and  brush 
across  the  Little  Miami.     It  was  a  large  frame  building  with 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow,  247 

three  pairs  of  stones  and  with  a  saw-mill  adjoining.  Both  grist 
and  saw-mill  were  run  by  the  old-time  large  undershot  water- 
wheel,  rude,  ponderous  and  wasteful  of  water.  The  steep  hills 
along  the  river  where  it  was  built  rendered  the  mill  rather  dif- 
ficult of  access,  but  it  became  the  most  famous  of  the  old  mills 
on  the  Little  Miami,  more  from  the  name  of  its  owner  than 
from  its  superiority.  It  was  an  important  factor  in  the  indus- 
trial progress  of  the  region  in  which  it  was  built,  and  was  con- 
tinued in  successful  operation  long  after  the  death  of  its  pro- 
jector. For  a  number  of  years  after  its  completion  farmers 
in  an  extensive  and  fertile  region  north  of  Cincinnati,  from 
Lockland  to  Sharon,  came  many  miles  to  Morrow's  mill  to  get 
their  grist  ground,  especially  in  the  dry  seasons,  when  the 
mills  on  Millcreek  were  unable  to  run  on  account  of  low  water. 
The  construction  of  the  Miami  Canal  in  1827  furnished  a  more 
constant  water  power  for  the  mills  in  that  region. 

His  mill  was  ever  an  object  of  interest  to  Mr.  Morrow  from 
the  time  he  planned  it  until  his  death.  He  chose  for  his  resi- 
dence in  his  old  age  a  house  near  it,  and  from  the  window  of 
the  room  in  which  he  died,  he  could  hear  the  rumbling  of  the 
millstones  and  look  over  his  mill  pond  to  the  cars  on  the  rail- 
road of  which  he  was  president.  While  living  on  his  farm  he 
visited  his  mill  almost  every  day.  Though  not  himself  a  mil- 
ler, he  took  pleasure  in  directing,  and  with  his  own  hands  as- 
sisting in  the  labor  necessary  to  keep  the  mill,  its  dam  and 
machinery  in  good  repair.  Sometimes  he  would  work  with  an 
ox  team  hauling  lumber  and  stone  ;  sometimes  he  would  be  seen 
in  a  flatboat  with  a  single  assistant  conveying  material  to  stop 
a  leak  in  the  dam  ;  sometimes  he  would  go  up  to  his  middle  in 
the  water  under  the  mill  to  remove  an  obstruction. 

A  gentleman  from  the  state  capital  came  to  the  mill  to  see 
him  on  business.  Inquiring  for  the  Governor  he  was  told  that 
he  was  at  the  saw-mill.  The  stranger  found  no  one  in  the  saw- 
mill, but  saw  a  man  at  work  in  the  wheel-pit  below  trying  to 
dislodge  a  piece  of  ice  and  cried  out  to  him  :  "  Hello  there, 
man,  can  you  tell  me  where  I  can  see  Governor  Morrow  ?" 
The  reply  came  up:  "Yes,  sir  ;  I'll  be  up  in  a  few  minutes." 
"I  am  in  a  hurry,"  said  the  man,  impatiently  ;  "  I  have  no  time 
to  wait  on  you,  can't  you  tell  me  where  I  can  find  the  Govern- 
or?"    **  In  a  moment,  sir"  was  the  mild  response,  and  Governor 


.  248  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Duly> 

Morrow  himself  came  up,  to  the  no  small  mortification  of  the 
\  visitor. 

By  nature  and  training  he  was  domestic  in  his  habits,  and  he 
|  found  more  enjoyment  at  home  with  his  family,  and  in  the  care 
I  of  his  farm  and  mill,  than  in  the  halls  of  Congress.     Though 
[  an  industrious  man,  he  never  worked  at  hard  manual  labor  for 
|  so  many  hours  in  the  day  as  to  stiffen  his  muscles  and  exhaust 
[  the  energies  of  both  mind  and  body.     In  labor  with  his  hands 
)  he  found  rest  for  his  mind,  in  labor  with  his  mind,  rest  for  his 
\  body.     His  whole  life  from  youth  to  old  age  exemplified  what 
j  has  sometimes  seemed  to.  be  only  the  dream  of  philosophers — 
l  the  healthful  alternation  of  bodily  and  mental  labor.     Had  he 
I  been  impelled  either  by  poverty  or  avarice  to  protract  his  hard 
work   from   early  dawn  to  darkness   through    all   seasons,  he 
!  could  not  have  taken  the  delight  in  his  books  and  study  that 
gave  him  the  fullness  and  breadth  of  knowledge  he  possessed. 
Though  a  pioneer,  he  took  little  pleasure  in  hunting  and 
fishing.     His  flint-lock  gun   was  kept  in  repair,  and  he  em- 
ployed it  in  shooting  wild  animals  and  birds  for  food,  or  to 
protect  his  flocks  and  crops,  but  he  was  little  of  a  hunter.     It 
is  said  that  he  never  succeeded  in  killing  a  deer.     He  was  a 
fair  marksman,  but  his  aim  at  a  wild  deer  never  took  effect. 
The  Little  Miami  was  well  stocked  with  fish,  but  he  rarely 
fished  in  its  waters. 

His  private  life  was  without  reproach.  In  his  dealings  with 
his  fellow-men  he  was  unselfish,  to  the  needy  he  was  gener- 
ous, and  to  charitable  and  public  purposes  liberal  in  his  gifts. 
With  a  kind  and  obliging  disposition  he  was  greatly  loved  by 
his  neighbors,  yet  he  could  say  no  with  decision,  and  he  would 
not  violate  a  principle  to  oblige  his  best  friend.  He  made  it 
an  unbending  rule  to  become  surety  for  no  one  in  a  business 
transaction.  He  avoided  law  suits,  and  was  fortunate  enough 
never  to  be  plaintiff  or  defendant  in  a  court  of  justice.  He 
disdained  to  employ  a  public  position  for  private  ends.  The 
friend  of  Jefferson,  Madison,  Monroe,  and  the  younger  Adams, 
and  the  supporter  of  their  administrations,  he  never  sought  or 
obtained  an  office  or  public  contract  for  any  of  his  relatives. 
Long  at  the  head  of  the  public  land  system,  he  never  engaged 
in  land  speculation,  and  died  in  possession  of  little  more  than 
a  competency. 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Morrow.  249 

A.  H.  Dunlevy  writes  : 

"Gov.  Morrow's  great  and  persevering  industry  stopped  at  no  work. 
however  hard  and  laborious,  necessary  to  the  management  of  his  farm  and 
mill,  both  of  which  he  kept  in  order  and  successful  employment.  It  was 
this  persevering  industry  which  enabled  him  in  all  the  multitude  of  his  en- 
gagements, public  and  private,  to  acquire  that  extensive  knowledge  derived 
from  books,  which  distinguished  him  as  one  of  our  most  enlightened  states- 
men and  legislators.  To  one  who  regularly  saw  him,  at  home  on  his  farm 
and  in  his  mill,  so  constantly  and  so  entirely  engaged  in  labor,  it  was  a 
matter  of  wonder  how  he  found  the  time  to  improve  his  mind  to  such  a 
degree  as  to  be  at  home  and  on  an  equality  in  respect  to  all  valuable  knowl- 
edge with  our  greatest  statesmen.  Yet  such  was  the  fact,  and  even  such 
men  as  Daniel  Webster  and  Henry  Clay  were  pleased  to  have  the  approba- 
tion of  Governor  Morrow  in  any  great  questions  of  policy  or  finance. 

Gov.  Morrow  should  be  the  pattern  of  all  men,  whatever  their  condition 
in  life.  With  the  industry  and  integrity  of  Gov.  Morrow,  they  would  not 
fail  to  succeed  and  be  a  blessing  to  themselves  and  the  age  in  which  they 
live.  But  there  is  too  much  reliance  on  mere  education,  which  without 
persevering  industry  is  of  no  avail." 

Rev.  Dr.  David  McDill,  of  the  Associate  Reformed  Church, 
communicated  the  following  to  the  United  Presbyterian  : 

"  Among  the  first,  if  not  the  very  first,  Fourth  of  July  toasts  which  we 
remember  reading,  was  given  in  Cincinnati  at  an  early  day,  as  follows:  'Jer- 
emiah Morrow,  our  Representative  in  Congress,'  'An  honest  man  is  the 
noblest  work  of  God.' 

"We  have  an  anecdote  from  his  own  lips  which  illustrates  his  character 
better  than  a  multitude  of  words.  When  his  first  gubernatorial  term  was 
nearly  expired  some  gentlemen  about  Columbus,  who  seemed  to  regard 
themselves  as  a  board  specially  appointed  to  superintend  the  distribution 
of  offices  in  Ohio,  had  appointed  a  committee  to  wait  on  him,  which  they 
did.  Having  invited  them  to  take  seats,  they  at  once  made  known  their 
business,  which  was  to  prevail  on  him,  for  the  public  good,  of  course,  not 
to  stand  as  a  candidate  for  another  term,  but  to  give  way  to  another,  Mr. 
Trimble,  perhaps,  for  the  reason  that  he  could  be  more  useful  to  the  state 
in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States,  a  seat  which  they  promised  to  use  their 
influence  to  procure  him. 

"Having  patiently  heard  them  through,  he  replied:  'I  consider  office 
as  belonging  to  the  people.  A  few  of  us  have  no  right  to  make  bargains  on 
the  subject,  and  I  have  none  to  make.  I  have  concluded  to  serve  another 
term,  if  the  people  see  lit  to  elect  me,  though  without  caring  much  about 
it."' 

The  old  state  road  which  passed  through  the  farm  of  Gov. 
Morrow,  crossed  the  Little  Miami  at  a  ford  a  little  below  the 
site  of  Fosters.  The  ascent  from  the  ford  on  the  west  side  of 
the  river  was  the  most  difficult  on  the  entire  length  of  the  road 
from  Chillicothe  to  Cincinnati.  It  was  the  dread  of  teamsters. 
A  driver  of  a  two-horse  wagon,  loaded  with  flour,  found  his 
team  unable  to  draw  their  load  up  the  hill.  A  farmer  of  the 
vicinity  coming  along  endeavored  to  assist  him  by  putting  his 
shoulder  to  the  wheel,  but  it  was  found  necessary  to  unload 
the  wagon,  and  the  driver  and  the  farmer,  taking  one  barrel  of 
flour  at  time,  carried  it  up  the  hill,  and  thus  the  entire  load 
was  taken  to  the  top.     The  teamster  was  surprised  to  learn  on 


250  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Du^y» 

inquiry  that  the  farmer  who  had  volunteered  his  assistance 
was  Jeremiah  Morrow,  then  Governor  of  Ohio. 

He  did  not  disdain  the  humbler  duties  of  a  citizen.  In  the 
brief  interval  between  his  terms  as  Senator  and  Governor,  he 
was  a  township  trustee.  When  an  ex-Governor  he  served  as  a 
school  director,  supervisor  of  roads  and  an  examiner  of  teach- 
ers. When  an  ex-Senator  he  would  walk  through  the  snow  to 
a  log  school-house  to  attend  a  country  debating  society.  He 
was  faithful  in  his  attendance  at  the  meetings  of  the  church  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  and  though  he  had  heard  the  most 
brilliant  orators  in  the  pulpit  and  in  the  forum,  he  would  listen 
with  attention  and  respect  to  a  weak  sermon  from  a  weak 
preacher. 

In  person  he  was  rather  below  the  medium  height,  strong, 
compactly  built  and  active,  with  dark  brown  hair  and  animated 
blue  eyes.  In  his  dress  he  was  negligent,  but  the  story,  often 
published,  of  his  receiving  LaFayette  in  his  working  clothes, 
is  not  true.  When  at  home  on  his  farm,  he  dressed  as  a  farm- 
er;  when  on  public  or  official  business  he  was  usually  dressed 
in  a  suit  of  plain  black  cloth. 

There  is  a  concurrence  of  testimony  that  his  conversation 
was  highly  entertaining  and  instructive.  Thomas  Corwin,  who, 
when  a  young  member  of  the  legislature,  knew  him  as  Gov- 
ernor and  afterward  served  with  him  in  the  Legislature,  was  in 
the  habit  of  saying  that  of  all  the  public  men  he  had  known 
he  had  derived  most  benefit  from  his  association  with  Governor 
Morrow.  In  intellectual  ability,  Corwin  placed  him  among  the 
the  greatest  men  of  the  nation.  Judge  Wm.  Johnston,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, in  a  4th  of  July  oration  at  Lebanon,  said  the  enjoy- 
ment of  a  conversation  with  old  Gov.  Morrow,  was  a  liberal 
education.  Judge  John  Probasco  said:  "Never  have  I  heard 
one  converse  whose  memory  was  so  rich  in  the  Congressional 
history  of  his  country."  And  Judge  John  McLean  wrote  :  "He 
was  a  most  interesting  companion.  His  acquaintances  carried 
with  them  from  every  interview  with  him,  some  new  thought 
or  fact  worthy  of  being  remembered." 

Hon.  Charles  Anderson,  the  brilliant  orator  and  statesman, 
when  a  resident  of  Dayton,  became  intimately  acquainted  with 
ex-Gov.  Morrow.  Both  were  Trustees  of  Miami  University 
and  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  institution.  Notwithstanding 
the  difference  in  their  ages,  they  formed  a  mutual  liking  for 


1906.]  yeremiah  Morrow.  251 

one  another,  and  when  the  ex-Governor  visited  the  University 
to  attend  commencements  or  the  meetings  of  the  Trustees,  he 
invariably  sought  apartments  in  connection  with  young  Ander- 
son. When  the  latter  became  acting  Governor  of  Ohio,  he 
was  requested  by  William  Henry, Smith,  Secretary  of  State,  to 
put  in  writing  his  estimate  of  Gov.  Morrow,  which  he  did  in 
the  following  words  : 

"If  I  were  compelled  to  choose  and  name  the  one  ablest  and  best  of  all 
the  Governors  it  would  be  this  Jeremiah  Morrow,  of  Warren  county.  I  be- 
lieve I  have  known  but  one  man  who  had  so  little  of  the  spirit  '  to  show 
off' — of  false  pretense,  of  selfish  vanity  or  ambition — as  he  had.  And  aa 
for  his  merely  intellectual  powers  and  culture,  without,  being,  aa  far  as  I 
know,  very  profound  or  original,  and  surely  being  neither  brilliant  nor  elo- 
quent, he  had  so  many  exact,  yet  varied  and  extensive  knowledges,  with 
such  accuracy  and  aptness  of  memory  and  citation,  that  I  am  compelled  to 
adjudge  him  a  high  place,  as  well  in  scholarship  as  statesmanship." 

A  portrait  of  Gov.  Morrow  was  painted  in  oil  when  he  was 
about  fifty-five  years  of  age.  It  was  pronounced  a  good  like- 
ness. The  engraving  on  the  Ohio  Bank  Bills  was  after  a  daguer- 
reotype when  he  was  nearly  seventy.  Two  good  daguerreo- 
types, taken  by  Marcus  Mote,  were  taken  on  his  last  visit  to 
Lebanon,  the  week  preceding  his  death.  The  excellent  por- 
trait in  the  Capitol  in  Columbus,  by  J.  H.  Witt,  is  after  one  of 
these  daguerreotypes,  and  is  as  good  a  representation  of  him 
in  his  old  age  as  can  be  made  on  canvas. 


Old  Age  and  Death. 

At  his  retirement  from  Congress  in  1843,  Jeremiah  Morrow 
was  seventy-two  years  old,  and  he  then  bade  a  final  adieu  to 
political  life.  He  never  consented  to  be  a  candidate  for  public 
office  again. 

As  old  age  advanced  and  his  children  married  and  settled  in 
life,  he  divided  by  deeds  of  gift  nearly  all  of  his  tillable  land 
among  them,  and  retained  for  himself  his  mill  and  a  tract  of 
woodland  surrounding  it.  On  September  19,  1845,  his  wife, 
who  had  shared  with  him  all  the  privations  of  pioneer  life, 
died.  His  last  years  were  passed  in  the  quiet  retreat  of  a  plain 
dwelling  at  his  mill.  It  was  a  rural  home  at  the  foot  of  a  steep 
hill,  covered  with  the  native  forest  and  with  romantic  surround- 
ings, only  a  half  a  mile  from  the  spot  where  he  built  his  cabin 
home.  The  picturesque  beauty  of  this  place  attracted  the  at- 
tention of  Godfrey  N.  Frankenstein,  and  after  his  return  from 
Europe  in  1869,  he  painted  two  views  of  Governor  Morrow's 
old  mill,  one  looking  up,  the  other  down,  the  river. 


252  Jeremiah  Morrow.  [July, 

Here  the  venerable  statesman  lived  in  the  same  simplicity 
that  had  always  characterized  his  life.  His  books  were  placed 
in  a  large  apartment  which  he  used  as  a  library,  parlor  and 
reception  room.  His  letters,  papers  and  documents,  which 
came  to  him  at  Twenty  Mile  Stand,  probably  formed  more  than 
half  of  all  the  mail  received  at  that  post  office.  He  retained 
the  full  possession  of  his  mental  faculties  and  all  his  senses, 
and  was  able  to  read  his  books,  papers  and  letters  with  pleas- 
ure, and  to  pour  out  in  conversation  the  rich  treasures  of  his 
memory  until  his  last  brief  illness.  His  old  age  was  passed  in 
the  enjoyment  of 

"An  elegant  sufficiency,  content, 

Retirement,  rural  quiet,  friendship,  books." 

Although  he  lived  in  retirement,  he  did  not  become  a  recluse. 
He  retained  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  continued 
to  serve  as  President  of  the  Little  Miami  Railroad  until  the 
road  was  placed  on  a  solid  and  sure  financial  basis,  when  he 
retired.  The  business  of  the  railroad  took  much  of  his  time 
and  attention,  but  he  would  receive  no  pay  for  his  services  as 
an  officer  of  the  company,  asking  only  that  his  actual  expenses 
incurred  on  behalf  of  the  company  should  be  defrayed.  The 
road  ran  along  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  from  his  home, 
and  in  order  to  reach  the  office  of  the  company  in  Cincinnati, 
he  often  crossed  the  river  by  walking  over  his  dam,  waived  a 
signal  to  the  conductor  to  stop  the  train  and  boarded  the  cars. 
His  interest  in  the  school,  the  college  and  the  church  con- 
tinued until  his  death.  He  served  as  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Miami  University,  and  as  a  Ruling  Elder  he  at- 
tended the  Presbytery  and  Synod  of  his  church.  In  the  last 
two  years  of  his  life  he  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Associate 
Reformed  Synod  at  Pittsburg  in  May,  1850,  and  at  Chillicothe 
in  May,  1851.  In  the  winter  before  he  died,  it  is  said,  he  trav- 
eled across  the  entire  state  to  attend  an  educational  convention. 

On  May  25,  1850,  while  in  Columbus,  where  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  was  in  session,  he  was,  on  motion  of  Judge 
George  J.  Smith,  of  Warren  county,  invited  as  one  of  the  sur- 
viving members  of  the  convention  which  framed  the  first  con- 
stitution of  Ohio,  to  a  seat  within  the  bar  of  the  convention, 
during  his  stay  in  the  city. 

His  last  visit  to  the  state  capital  was  a  few  months  before 
his  death.  It  was  in  the  opening  week  of  the  first  legislature 
which  met  under  the  new  constitution  of  Ohio,  and  as  a  mark 


1906.]  Jeremiah  Mortow.  253 

of  respect,  the  venerable  man  who  nearly  half  a  century  before 
had  sat  as  a  Senator  in  the  first  legislature  under  the  first  con- 
stitution of  the  state,  was  invited  by  the  Senate  to  a  seat  on 
the  platform  with  the  President.  The  old  constitution  he  had 
assisted  in  forming  had  passed  away,  the  Speaker  of  the  senate 
had  given  place  to  a  Lieutenant  Governor,  a  new  officer  in 
Ohio,  the  Whig  party  with  which  he  had  been  allied  from  its 
birth  was  rapidly  approaching  its  dissolution,  in  Ohio  having 
already  been  ejected  from  power  in  every  department  of  the 
state  government,  and  this  last  tribute  of  respect  paid  to  him 
while  living  by  a  legislative  body  came  from  his  political  op- 
ponents. A  few  weeks  later,  on  the  night  of  January  31,  1852, 
the  old  State  House,  as  if  unwilling  to  survive  the  old  con- 
stitution, passed  out  of  existence  in  flames. 

In  the  last  years  of  his  life  he  was  afflicted  with  a  trouble- 
some and  sometimes  painful  disease  of  the  bladder.  After  a 
ride  to  Lebanon  in  a  buggy  with  his  youngest  son  in  the 
month  of  March,  1852,  his  complaint  was  seriously  aggravated. 
Medical  skill  was  promptly  summoned,  but  it  proved  unavail- 
ing, and  he  died  after  an  illness  of  only  a  few  days.  On  his 
deathbed,  to  the  inquiry  of  his  physician  as  to  his  bodily  con- 
dition, he  replied  :  "  The  fabric  is  worn  out."  These  were  his 
last  reported  words. 

He  was  buried  without  ostentation.  His  pastor,  Rev.  Henry 
Allen,  preached  a  brief  funeral  discourse  at  his  residence,  and 
his  remains  were  followed  to  the  grave  by  a  large  concourse 
of  his  neighbors,  friends  and  relatives.  There  was  still  pioneer 
simplicity  in  the  community,  and  the  undertaker's  bill  for  his 
funeral  was  813.00.  In  a  country  graveyard  a  plain  marble 
slab,  not  larger  nor  costlier  than  those  around  it,  was  erected 
bearing  the  simple  inscription  : 

JEREMIAH    MORROW. 

Died  March  22,  1852, 

Aged  80  years,  5  months  and  16  days. 

The  career  of  Gov.  Morrow  was  one  of  the  happiest  and  most 
pleasing  in  the  history  of  the  West.  Building  his  cabin  in  the 
frontier  woods,  with  no  ambition  but  to  seek  an  honest  liveli- 
hood and  do  good  to  those  about  him,  he  rose  to  distinction 
by  the  force  of  his  own  sound  judgment  and  sterling  worth, 
filled  with  honor  the  highest  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  people  of 
his  state,  passed  an  honored  and  serene  old  age  in  peace  and 
content,  and  died  without  a  blot  on  his  fair  fame. 


254  Jeremiah  Morrow.  Quly 


Letter  From  Senator  Trimble. 

■ 
After  the  last  pages  of  the  biography  of  Jeremiah  Morrow, 

concluded  in  this  number,  had  been  sent  to  the  printer,  the 
editor  of  the  Quarterly  came  across  the  following  letter  show- 
ing the  high  esteem  in  which  Mr.  Morrow  was  held  at  Wash- 
ington. At  the  date  of  the  letter,  the  writer  was  a  United 
States  Senator  and  Mr.  Morrow's  successor  to  that  office,  while 
his  brother,  to  whom  the  letter  was  addressed,  was  a  member 
of  the  Ohio  State  Senate,  and  later  was  elected  Mr.  Morrow's 
successor  in  the  office  of  Governor: 

Dear  Brother: — Your  letter  of  the  29th  ult.,  lias  just  beeu  received.  I 
should  be  extremely  sorry  if  the  Canal  Bill  should  ultimately  fail,  because 
I  think  that  the  immediate  and  permanent  interest  of  the  State  would  be 
very  much  promoted  by  the  State  availing  itself  of  the  opportunity  which 
it  may  have  of  procuring  part  of  the  new  purchase. 

If  the  resources  which  the  State  might  thereby  command  were  properly 
conducted  I  have  no  doubt  that  in  twenty  years  the  waters  of  the  lake  and 
those  ot  the  Ohio  might  be  connected  at  every  point  indicated  in  the  Gov- 
ernor's message — at  which  of  those  points  the  work  should  be  first  com- 
menced is  not  material  (except  to  increase  the  price  of  land  which  has  not 
been  gold)  for  an  enlarged,  liberal  and  enlightened  policy  would  embrace 
the  whole  plan — and  commence  on  that  part  of  it  which  most  effectually 
promotes  the  interest  of  the  whole  plan.  With  a  special  view  to  this  sub- 
ject I  have  succeeded  in  getting  an  able  committee  appointed  in  the  Senate 
on  Roads  and  Canals.  They  are  favorable  to  the  principle,  and  I  have 
strong  reasons  to  believe  that  they  would  favorably  receive  propositions  on 
this  subject  from  Ohio. 

Should  the  State  determine  to  purchase  or  solicit  a  donation,  Mr.  Morrow 
is  the  man  and  the  only  man  they  ought  to  send.  The  old  members  of 
both  houses  have  such  great  respect  for  his  talents  and  such  perfect  confi- 
dence in  his  fairness,  uprightness  and  integrity  of  character  that  they  could 
not  be  persuaded  that  he  would  ask  anything  unreasonable  or  which  ought 
not  be  granted.  His  opinions  and  arguments  would  be  favorably  received 
and  have  very  great  weight.  I  do  not  believe  there  is  a  man  here  in  any 
department  of  the  government  who  does  not  entertain  for  Mr.  Morrow  the 
greatest  respect,  many  of  them  all  the  warmth  of  friendship.  He  would 
have  the  further  advantage  of  uniting  and  harmonizing  with  the  represen- 
tation from  the  State. 

Neither  of  the  gentlemen  you  have  mentioned  would  combine  in  thc-e 
advantages.  The  first  is  considered  a  designing,  artful,  intriguing  man, 
who  sees  his  own  individual  interests  at  the  bottom  of  every  measure  in 
which  he  engages.  Though  I  have  frequently  heard  his  name  mentioned. 
I  do  not  recollect  an  instance  in  which  anything  has  been  said  in  com- 
mendation. In  relation  to  Mr.  Morrow,  I  never  heard  anyone  speak  in  ti.«' 
slightest  degree  disrespectful. 

The  general  has  a  number  of  friends  here,  some  of  them  warm  friend-, 
some  of  them  are  not  his  friends,  and  some  are  his  enemies.  But  he  wa* 
not  a  sufficient  time  here  to  establish  the  character  which  Mr.  Morrow 
acquired,  even  if  his  manners  were  as  well  calculated  to  please. 

1  have  therefore  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  Mr.  Morrow  is  the  man 
who  ought  to  be  sent  if  he  will  come.  If  he  will  not  come,  I  do  not  think 
it  important  that  anyone  is  sent. 

*  *  *  *  *:•  *  *  • 

Your  brother, 

William  A.  Thimbu*. 


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THE  REV.  SAMUEL  LANKTON  GEROULD,  D.  D. 

FOR  thirty-eight  years  the  Statistical  Secretary  of  the 
New  Hampshire  State  Association  of  Congregational 
Churches,  and  present  at  every  annual  meeting  during 
that  time  ;  a  soldier  of  Co.  G,  14th  N.  H.  Vols.,  from  1862  to 
1865,  serving  one  year  in  the  field  and  two  years  as  military 
clerk  ;  pastor  at  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  for  seven  years,  at  Goffstown 
for  seventeen,  and  at  Mollis  for  twenty  last  past  is  the  record 
of  a  corresponding  member  of  this  society,  the  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Lankton  Gerould,  who  died  in  Hollis,  N.  H.,  May  22,  1906. 

Dr.  Gerould  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Moses  Gerould,  who  was 
b.  in  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  May  5,  1801,  (fourth  in  descent  from 
James  Gerould,  a  native  of  Languedoc,  France,  who  fled  in  the 
Huguenot  emigration  of  1685,  and  settled  as  a  physician  at 
Medfield,  Mass.,  in  1700),  and  of  Cynthia,  dau.  of  Calvin  and 
Sarah  (Jewett)  Locke,  of  Sullivan,  N.  H.  She  was  the  sixth 
in  descent  from  Dea.  William  Locke,  b.  in  London,  England, 
who  came  to  this  country  when  six  years  of  age  and  settled  in 
Woburn,  Mass. 

He  was  b.  in  East  Alstead,  N.  H.,  July  11, 1831,  prepared  for 
college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  graduating  in  1854 ;  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  College  in  1858,  and  from  the  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  in  1860  ;  ordained  Oct.  2, 
1861,  and  immediately  began  his  pastorate  at  Stoddard.  Dur- 
ing his  absence  in  the  army  his  father  served  the  people  in  his 
place. 

He  was  the  secretary  of  his  class  and  prepared  two  compre- 
hensive histories  of  it.  He  also  published  histories  of  the 
churches  to  which  he  ministered,  of  the  Gerould  family,  the 
Locke  family,  and  the  M  Churches  and  Ministers  of  New  Hamp- 
shire.   He  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Dartmouth  in  1807. 

His  hobbies  were  genealogy,  statistics  and  local  history. 
Though  classed  as  a  Republican,  he  always  voted  for  the  best 
man  nominated,  irrespective  of  party. 

In  1869  and  again  in  1803  he  visited  Missouri,  and  in  187S  he 
traveled  extensively  through  New  Brunswick,  and  Nova  Scotia 
and  Prince  Edward  island.  In  1884  he  went  to  the  Bermuda 
island,  and  later  in  the  season  to  Ohio  and  Indiana.  In  1886 
to  Chicago  and  Minneapolis,  and  in  1887  he  made  an  European 
tour. 


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250  The  Rev.  Samuel  Lankton  Gciould%  D.D.  [July 

He  was  a  member  cx-officio  of  the  Triennial  National  Coun- 
cil of  Congregational  Churches  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
a  Blue  Lodge  Mason.  In  1901  he  was  offered,  but  declined, 
the  position  of  superintendent  of  the  New  Hampshire  Orphans' 
Home  at  Franklin.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  iM 
the  Republic  and  of  the  Central  New  Hampshire  Congrega- 
tional Club. 

One  who  knew  him  said  :  "As  a  pastor~  he  was  greatly  en- 
deared to  the  hearts  of  his  people,  his  parish  calls  being  regu- 
lar, faithful  and  peculiarly  felicitous,  especially  with  the  sick 
and  bereaved.  As  a  preacher  he  was  spiritual  and  practical. 
Though  conservative,  his  eyes  were  always  open  to  wider 
visions  of  truth.  He  despised  sham  and  cant.  As  an  author- 
ity on  Congregational  Statistics,  he  was  a  prince  among  his 
brethren.  Denominational  problems  were  repeatedly  turned 
over  to  him  for  solution.  His  judgment  was  sound  and  his 
counsel  safe." 

Another  said:  "One  characteristic  was  his  devotion  to  \\l< 
work,  though  in  bed  or  the  invalid's  chair,  during  his  loag 
months  of  painful  illness.  He  attended  to  the  supplies  and 
records  of  the  church,  wrote  letters  innumerable,  published  an 
elaborate  record  of  his  college  class  and  prepared  a  sermon, 
*  Last  Words  of  a  Minister  to  His  People,'  which  was  printed 
and  addressed  to  all  the  families  of  the  parish,  to  be  sent  after 
his  death." 

He  (1)  m.  Sept.  20,  1860,  Lucy  Abby  Merriam,  of  Green- 
ville, N.  H.,  who  d.  Jan.  12,  1867  ;  (2)  Dec.  5,  1867,  Laura  Etta 
Thayer,  of  Acworth,  N.  H.,  who  survives  him.  His  children 
are: 

i.  Mary  Clementine  Gkrould,  b.  in  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  Dec.  3,  fcSfil  : 
educated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary,  1879-81.  A  teacher,  and  lor 
many  years  a  clerk  in  the  state  offices  at  Concord.  Resides  now 
at  home. 
ii.  JonN  Hiram  Gerould,  b.  in  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  Oct.  2,  1SGS.  Grad 
Dartmouth  College,  1890.  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D.  from  Harvard  Univ. 
Teacher  at  Burr  &  Burton  Seminary,  Manchester,  one  year. 
Studied  abroad  one  year.  Since  1894  Instructor  and  Prof,  of 
Zoologv  at  Dartmouth. 

iii.    Emma  Gerould,  b.  Dec.  8,  1869;  d.  Dec.  24,  1869. 

iv.     James  Thayer  Gerould,  b.  Oct.  3,  1872.     Grad.  Dartmouth  in  1$«5. 
Asst.    Librarian  Gen.  Theo.   Lib.,  1895-96;  of  Columbia  Univ., 
1896-1900;  Librarian  Univ.  of  Mo.  since  1900. 
v.     Harriet  Dupee  Gerould,  b.  Oct.  26,  1874.     Grad.  Middleburv  G  »l 
lege,  1897.    Studied  in  Univ.  of  Mo.  1901-02.     Is  a  teacher  «  i 
Domestic  Science  in  the  schools  of  New  Britain,  Conn. 

vi.  Gordon  Hall  Gerould,  b.  Oct.  4,  1877.  Grad.  Dartmouth.  I"-  ' 
Parker  Fellow  of  Dartmouth,  1899-1901  ;  B.  Lit.  Oxford  Univer 
sity,  1901 ;  Associate  in  English  Philology  at  Bryn  Mawr  College, 
1901-05  ;  Preceptor  in  English  at  Princeton  University  sime  i 
vii.  Marion  Locke  Gerould,  b.  Sept.  11,1880.  Grad.  Simons  Kind*  i* 
garten  Training  School,  Boston,  1902  ;  since  1903  Assistant  lieaJ 
Worker  at  Elizabeth  Peabody  Home,  Boston,  Mass. 
viii.  Leonard  Stinson  Gerould,  b.  Mar.  20,  1883.  Studied  at  Dart- 
mouth, 1902-04;  at  Mass.  Inst,  of  Technology,  1904-05. 


WILLSON  RECORDS. 

By  Hartwell  Osp.okn,  Chicago,  III. 

1.  Benjamin,  b.  probably  in  England  ;  m.  Elizabeth  (dau.  of 
Anthony  and  Mary  Sprague),  at  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  Dec.  15,  1730. 

2.  Nathaniel  (son  of  above),  b.  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  June  10, 
1733  ;  m.,  first  Jemima  Turner,  at  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  June  10, 
1756.  She  was  the  dau.  of  Rev.  David  Turner,  of  Scituate, 
Mass.  (Har.,  1718),  and  Sarah  Howard  (b.  Rridgewater,  Mass., 
bef.  1707),  and  was  b.  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  Feb.  19,  1739-40;  m., 
second  Mehitable,  wid.  of Gilbert.  He  removed  to  Rich- 
mond, Mass.,  and  after  to  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  and  died  about 
1825.     Children  by  first  wife  : 

i.     Huldaii  Willson,  b.  Rehoboth,  June  30,  1757  ;  m.,  1st  Hezekiah 

Broughton  ;  2nd,  Dr.  Reuben  Hart  (b.  1767). 
ii.     Sally  Willson,  b.  Rehoboth,  Oct.  17,  1759,  d.  Phelps,  N.  Y.,  June 
15,  1S24;    in.  Obadiah  Knapp,  of  Taunton,  Mass.  (b.  Aug.  24, 
1759;  d.  Delaware,  O.,  Dec.  6,  1839).     Children  : 

I.  Sally;  II,  Samuel;  III,  Philanda;  IV,  Mehitable;  V,  Shtbael  W. ; 
VI,  Elizabeth;  VII,  Obadiah;  VIII,  Lamii:a;  IX,  John.  (Sec  Knapp 
record,  prox  ) 

iii.     Philanda  Willson,  b.  Rehobcth,  June  30,  1701 ;  m.  Philemon  An- 
drews, Fabius,  N.  Y. 
iv.    Shubael  Willson  (Deacon),  b.  Rehoboth,  April  8,  1763;  d.  W. 
Stockbridge,  Mass.,  June  21,  1806.     Widow  and  nine  children  re- 
moved to  Mendoii,  N.  Y. 
Note.— From  Stockbridge  Post  and  Present,  p.  208:  "Five  sons  of  Abr.  Brown  find 
Elisha,  Peter,  Mary  and  Mehitable.   William  settled  in  Newark,  N.  Y.,  in  17S1 ;"  also  see 
Western  N.  Y.,  p.  430. 

v.     Chloe  Willson,   b.  May   24.  1765,   perhaps   Rehoboth.     Married 
Daniel  Spencer,  who  with  three  sons  became  Mormons  and  re- 
moved to  Nauvoo  and  Salt  Lake. 
vi.     Fairing  Willson,  b,  Feb.   28,  1768;  m.  Lydia  Allen;  removed  to 

Caanan,  N.  Y. 
vii.     Nathaniel  Willson,  M.  D.,  b.  Richmond,  Mass.,  June  24,  1773  ;  m. 

Abigail  Lamb,  1779  ;  d.  West  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1844. 
viii.     Lewis  Willson,  b.  Nov.  13,  1775   (gr.  gr.  father  of  Miss  Jennie 
Chamberlain,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  who  m.  Sir  Herbert  Naylor  Ice- 
land, of  England). 

Children  by  second  wife,  widow  of  Gilbert  : 

ix.    Hufus  Willson,  b.  Richmond,  Mass.,  July  11,  1780;  m.  Eleanor 

Burgh  ardt. 
x.     Jemima  Willson,  b.  Richmond,  Mass.,  May  21,  1783  ;  in.  Sept.  15, 

1803,  John  Burghardt. 
xi.     Gilbert  Willson,  b.  Richmond,  Mass.,  Dec.  19,  17S5;  m.  Electa 

Kendricks  Feb.  14,  1810.     (Removed  to  Allen  Hill,  N.  Y.,  1821, 

d.  1879  ;  son,  Prof.  Marcus  Willson,  Vineland,  N.  Y.,  b.  1813  ; 

d.  1906. 
xii.     Jared  Willson,  b.  — ,  1787,  grad.  U.  of  Vt.,  1811.    Rem.  to  Canan- 

daigua,  N.  Y.,  1811,  d.  April,  1851. 
xiii.     George  Willson,  b.  West  Stockbridire,  Mass.,  March  6,  1795:  grad. 

Union  Col.  1818,  d.  Phelps,  N.  Y.,  1859  (son  Frederick  Willson), 

b.  Phelps,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4,  1807  ;  remov.  to  Cuyahoga  Co.,  O.,  Julv, 

1830. 

It  is  said  that  Nathaniel  Willson  had  21  children,  viz.  :  16  by 
first  wife  and  five  by  second  wife.     Above  is  ail  I  can  locate. 

H.  O. 
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KKAPP  RECORDS. 

By  Hartwell  Osborn,  Chicago,  111. 

Copy  of  an  ancient  document  found  among  the  papers  of  Shubael  "Will- 
son  Knapp,  by  bis  son  Heber  B.  Knapp,  of  Cleveland,  0. 

MINUTES   OF   THE    PARENTS   OF   OBADIAH   KNAPP. 

"Samuel  Knapp  was  born  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  in  the  begin- 
ning of  the  18th  century  ;  was  in  the  English  army  at  the  tak- 
ing of  Cape  Breton,  and  died  coming  to  the  Bermudas  by  over 
labor  in  bailing,  and  was  buried  on  the  island. 

"Mehitable  Knapp,  consort  of  the  above,  was  born  in  the 
same  place  about  the  same  time,  and  died  at  about  90  years  of 
age  at  White  Hall,  N.  Y. 

"  Obadiah  Knapp,  son  of  the  above,  was  born  also  in  Taun- 
ton, Mass.,  and  served  some  time  as  a  militiaman  in  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution. '' 

Note.— Private  Lieutenant  John  Dyers  Company,  Col.  Thomas  Carpenter's  Regiment. 
Mass.  troops,  Dee.  8th,  177G,  (14  days). 

1.  Samuel  Knapp,  b.  Taunton,  Mass.,  17 — ;  with  English  army  at  Cap*- 

Breton,  d.  Bermuda  Island ;  m.  Mehitable ,  who  d.  White  Hall, 

N.  Y.,  90  years  old. 

2.  Obadiah  Knapp,  b.  Taunton,  Mas?.,  Aug.  24,  1759,  d.  Delaware,  O., 
Dec.  6,  1839,  m.  Sally  Willson ;  b.  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  Oct.  17,  1761.  d.  Phelps, 
N.  Y.,  June  15,  1824.     Children : 

i.     Sally  Knapp,  b.  Dec.  5,  1785,  d.  May,  1815. 
ii.     Samuel  Knapp,  b.  Dec.  25,  1787,  d.  May,  1815. 

iii.  Philinda  Knapp,  b.  Oct.  25, 1790,  W.  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  d.  Phelps, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  13,  1S21 ;  m.  Phelps,  X.  Y.  Dec.  10,  1813,  Dr.  Harvey 
Ambler  Phinney.     Children: 

i.    Theodosia  Phinney,  m.  Dr.  Hollywood,  Detroit,  Mich, 
ii.     Lauka  Phinney1,  m.  Isaac  C.  Cotton,  Lockport,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Elizabeth  Knapp  Phinney  (adopted  Hart-well),  m.  John 
Renick  Osborn,  Franklin  ton,  O.     Children  : 
i.     Hartwell  Osborn. 
ii.     Laura  Cotton  Osborn. 
iii.    Mary  Renick  Osborn. 
iv.     Harriet  Osborn. 
v.     Ralph  Osborn. 
vi.     Elizabeth  Phinney  Osborn. 
vii.    John  Renick  Osborn,  Jr. 
vii.    James  William  Osborn. 
ix.     Charlotte  Latimer  Osborn. 
iv.     Mehitable  Knapp,  b.  Feb.  2,  1792. 

v.  Shubael  William  Knapp  (Deacon),  b.  June  19,  1794;  m.  July  1?. 
1822,  Mary  H.  Thompson,  d.  Delaware,  O.,  Nov.  26,  1859.  Chil- 
dren : 

i,  Celina;  ii,  Caroline  ;  iii,  Sarah  ;   iv,  Herbert  B. ;  v,  Philinda  : 
vi,  Willson;  vii,  Harlan  Page  ;  viii,  Abby ;  ix,  Helen  M.  . 
x.  Harriet. 
vi.     Elizabeth  Knapp,  b.  May  9, 1796,  d.  Nov.  1818. 
vii.     Obadiah  Knapp,  b.  June  28,  1 7v)8. 
viii.     Lamira  Knapp,  b.Sept.  15,  1802. 
ix.    John  Knapp,  b.  1800. 

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GENEALOGY  OF   THE    GOODRICH    FAMILY  IN    AMERICA. 

By  Laura  Goodrich  French. 

William   Goodrich,  a  nephew   of    the   Duke   of  Marlborough,   came   to 

Weathersfield,   Connecticut,  from  Bury  Saint  Edmunds,  England,  in 

1640.     He  married  Sarah  Marvin. 
John,  son  of  William,  born  May  20th,  1053  ;  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of- 

Captain  John  Allen,  of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
Jacob,  son  of  John,  born  November  27th,  1694  ;  married  ttenedicta  Goodwin. 
Stephen,  somof  Jacob,  born  January  21st,  1731  ;  married  Rachel  Gillette. 
Stephen,  son  of  Stephen,  born  March  29th,  1757  ;  married  Lydia  Terry. 
Stephen  Goodwin,  son  of  Stephen,  born  December  17th,  1790;   married 

Sarah  Powell,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Powell. 
George,  son  of  Stephen  Goodwin,  born  January  11th,  1828;  married  Anna 

Case  Butler,  whose  father,  Henry  Butler,  was  one  of  the  original  colony 

which  came  from  Granville,  Massachusetts,  to  Granville,  Ohio,  in  1805. 
Harry  Stephen,  son  of  George,  born  October  1st,  1867. 
Moses,  son  of  Stephen  Goodwin,  born  January  14th,  1836 ;  married  Helen 

S.  Humphrey. 
Albert  Dwight,  son  of  Moses,  born  February  1st,  1870. 
Robert  Raymond,  son  of  Moses,  born  April  26th,  1973 ;  married  Lydia  A. 

Wilson.  l«W* 

Paul  Raymond,  son  of  Robert  Raymond,  born  January  3d.  1898. 
Herman  Dwight,  son  of  Robert  Raymond,  born  July  30th,  1899. 

It  is  with  pleasure  I  accept  the  invitation  of  the  editor  of 
the  "The  Old  Northwest,"  to  put  on  record  a  few  written 
words  regarding  some  of  the  characteristics  of  my  parents  who 
must  still  stand  as  very  clear-cut  figures  before  the  mental 
eyes  of  the  older  citizens  of  Granville. 

My  father,  Stephen  Goodwin  Goodrich,  was  a  singularly 
modest  man,  and  might  almost  be  termed  shy  ;  yet  this  diffi- 
dence was  never  allowed  to  interfere  with  the  discharge 
of  any  duty  that  he  conceived  devolved  upon  him.  In  the 
early  days — for  he  came  to  Granville  in  1812 — when,  as  some- 
times happened,  there  was  no  clergyman  to  officiate  in  the 
Congregational  Church,  my  father  frequently  read  the  sermon 
on  Sunday. 

He  was  a  man  of  sincere  piety,  of  strict  integrity,  of  decided 
literary  tastes,  and  was  endowed  with  a  singularly  fine  and 
tenacious  memory.  His  sensitive  conscientiousness  is  charac- 
teristically illustrated  by  the  fact  that  before  any  bargain  could 
be  closed  with  buyer  who  might  wish  to  purchase  stock  from 
the  farm,  all  the  defects,  blemishes  or  bad  qualities  of  the 
animal  must  be  set  forth  with  painstaking  exactness,  no  matter 
how  damaging  it  might  prove  to  his  own  prospect  for  making 
an  advantageous  sale. 

His  tastes  were  scholarly,  and  his  fine,  retentive  memory, 
with  his  love  of  literature  combined  to  make  him  a  man  of  very 

259 


260 


Genealogy  of  the  Goodrich  Family  in  America.       [July, 


wide  culture  for  the  time,  and  for  the  opportunities  then  of- 
fered. His  verbal  memory  was  excellent,  and  he  could  recite 
by  the  hour  from  his  favorite  authors,  Pope,  Addison  and 
Shakspeare,  with  an  interpretation  so  appreciative  and  sym- 
pathetic as  to  leave  always  a  deep  and  vivid  impression  on  his 
hearer.  One  of  my  treasures  is  my  father's  well-thumbed  but 
carefully  preserved  copy  of  the  "Spectator." 

One  of  my  mother's  most  conspicuous  characteristics  was 
her  missionary  spirit.  To  know,  with  her,  was  inseparable 
from  a  desire  to  impart.  She  was  an  educator  by  instinct,  and 
men  and  women  now  living  recall  with  gratitude  the  inspira- 
tion, encouragement  and  assistance  they  received  from  Mrs. 
Sarah  Powell  Goodrich,  in  their  efforts  toward  self-improvement. 

Even  the  newspapers  and  periodicals  were  carefully  handled 
that  they  might  be  passed  on  to  others  whose  opportunities 
were  narrower  than  her  own. 

Although  brought  up  in  a  Baptist  communion,  her  father 
having  been  a  Baptist  clergyman,  she  was  unwilling  to  have 
her  family  divided  in  the  matter  of  religious  faith,  and  after 
her  marriage  became  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church, 
to  which  my  father  belonged. 

The  religious  side  of  her  missionary  spirit  was  shown  by  the 
cheerfulness  with  which  she  parted  with  her  eldest  daughter 
who,  in  1859,  went  to  China  to  carry  the  light  of  the  gocpel  to 
that  heathen  land. 

My  mother's  life  was  a  record  of  long  and  faithful  service 
to  others.  If  the  needs  and  efforts  of  those  with  whom  she 
came  in  contact  tended  toward  worthy  ends,  she  was  always 
their  ready  helper. 


^mK  &&  Hr^ 


Crest  of  the  Goodrich  family,  a  lion  holding  a  cross.    The  motto,  "Dilat 
Servata  Fides."    Goodrich — orignally  Godric — means  rich  in  goodness. 


Cemetery  Inscriptions,  Cheshire,  Delaware  County,  Ohio. 
(Constantia  P.  O.) 

Copied  October  1, 1904,  by  H.  Warren  Phelps  and  F.  T.  Cole. 

Adams— Martha,  d.  Dec.  22, 1888,  ae.  92  y.  4  m.  9  d. 

Harriet  L.,  wife  of  E.f  b.  June  9,  1795,  d.  Mar.  14,  1832. 
Sarah  G.,  wife  of  E.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1799,  d.  Sept.  20,  1881. 
Elias,  b.  Dec.  11,  1798,  d.  Sept.  8,  1S74. 
Harlan,  d.  Apr.  lb,  1895,  ae.  75. 
Jesse,  Co.  K,  121st  0.  V.  I. 

F.  J.,  d.  Sept.  22,  1853,  ae.  57  v.  10  rn.  20  d. 
JSamuel,  d.  Dec.  7,  1844,  ae.  74  m.  10  m.  29  d. 

Asher — Martha,  wife  of  Samuel,  d.  Sept.  4, 1877,  ae.  33  y.  8  m.  10  d. 
Ambrose— William  A.,  d.  Jan.  28,  1864,  ae.  36  y.  6  m.  21  d. 
Andrus— Daniel,  b.  Feb.  28,  1824,  d.  Aug.  28,  1838. 

Cornelia  A.,  wife  of,  b.  Nov.  1,  1825,  d.  Jan.  18,  1900. 
Abrams— Lucinda,  b.  1833,  d.  1901. 

Anderson — George  W.,  son  of  W.  II.  and  M.  A.,  d.  Aug.  27,  1886,  ae.  17  y. 
5  in.  19  d. 

Mary  A.,  wife  of  W.  H.,  d.  Aug.  4,  1892,  ae.  42  y.  5  m.  19  d. 

G.  Lester  James,  d.  Apr.  23,  1881,  ae.  36  y. 

Bennett— Rosie  M.,  dau.  of  F.  and  A.,  d.  Dec.  19,  1SS3,  ae.  17  y.  24  d. 
Barrett— Zalia  M.,  wife  of  A.  L.,  d.  Mar.  12,  1876,  ae.  22  y.  26  d. 
Bookover — Louisa,  wife  of  Jinks,  d.  Aug.  6,  1883,  ae.  40  y. 

Jacon,  d.  Apr.  27,  1882,  ae.  79  v.  26  d. 

Eliza  W.,  d.  Oct.  26,  1885,  ae.  78  y.  9  m.  7  d. 

Lucretia  N.-,  dau.,  d.  Jan.  26,  18S1,  ae.  29  y.  3  m.  10  d. 

Emily,  dau.,  d.  Dec.  11,  1867,  ae.  14  y.  5  m.  7  d. 

Adams,  d.  Aug.  5,  1900,  ae.  83  v.  11  m. 

George  A.,  d.  Dec.  23,  1890,  ae'.  51  y.  11  m.  22  d. 

Lib.,  wife  Geo.  A.,  d.  Feb.  24,  1S99,  ae.  54  v.  9  m.  6  d. 
Bellus— Lowioa,  wife  of  W.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1820,  d.  July  12, 1877. 
Beardslee— AValter  P..  son  of  W.  and  M.  E.,  d.  Mar.  31, 1SS4,  ae.  23  y.  3  m.  \)d. 

W.  R  ,  son  of  W-  and  M.  E.,  d.  Aug.  18,  1881,  ae.  21  y.  3  m.  27  d. 
Barnes— Franklin  B.,  sun  of  T.  and  N.,  d.  Sept.  12,  1S55,  ae.  18  y.  1  m.  9  d. 
Bowman — Zenas,  d.  Apr.  19,  1880,  ae.  70  y. 

Ann,  wife  of,  d.  Aug.  28,  1878,  ae.  64  y. 
Buel — Jeremiah,  d.  Aug.  7,  1853,  ae.  61  y.  7  m.  23  d. 

Emelia,  wife  of,  d.  May  7,  1861,  ae.  70  y.  6  m.  8  d. 

Lydia,  d.  May  31,  1879,  ae.  21  y.  7.  m.  27  d. 

Aaron  N.,  d.  June  21,  1900,  ae.  72  v.  6  m. 
Burroughs— John  W.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1809",  d.  Sept.  8,  1S58. 

Lydia,  wife  of,  b.  Aug.  21,  1817,  d.  June  6,  1SS0. 

May,  b.  Mar.  10,  1854,  d.  Sept,  4,  1874. 

Minerva  R.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1S58,  d.  Oct.  26,  1S62. 
Benton— Samuel  R  ,  son  of  Samuel  and  Minerva,  d.  Dec.  27,  1826,  ae.  16  y. 

9  m.  13  d. 
Black— Gustavus,  d.  Julv  5,  1880,  ae.  56  y.  3  m.  3  d. 

Pollv.  his  wife,  1>.  1823,  d.  1901. 

Adel,  b.  1S55,  d.  1903. 

Allie,  dau.,  wife  of  D.  B.  Hunt,  d.  Apr.  8,  18<?4,  ae.  33  v.  1  m.  13  d. 

Lottie  B.,  dau.  of  D.  B.  and  A.  B.  Hunt,  d.  Sept.  13,  18S0. 

Marshall,  d.  Apr.  19,  1870,  ae.  81  v.  17  d. 

Lolly,  wife  of  Marshall,  d.  Sept,  20,  1876,  ae.  81  v.. 6  m.  13  d. 

Johnnie,  son  of  F.  and  H.,  d.  Mar.  6,  1871,  ae.  3  v.  3  m.  10  d. 
Bobe— J.  M.  B.,  Nov.  15,  I860. 

Viola,  wife,  b.  June  15,  1853,  d.  Jan.  13,  1S97. 

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262  Inscriptions — Cheshire,  Delaware  County.  [July, 

Benedict— Ora  S.  G.  L.,  wife  of  II.  B.,  d.  Feb.  27,  1872,  ae.  21  y.  10  in.  22  d. 

Ida  F.  B.,  wife  of  F.  E.  Saekett,  d.  Sept.  8,  1SS7,  ae  19  y. 
Beardslee — Alleward,  b.  June  1,  1868,  d.  Jan.  17,  1894. 

Emma,  b.  Nov.  20,  1872,  d.  Feb.  4,  1892. 
Bell— Carrie,  dau.  of  T.  and  M.  A.  Gunn,  d.  Sept.  8,  1867,  ae.  1  y. 
Caswell— Susan  P.,  wife  of  W.  S.,  d.  June  23,  1S70,  ae.  36  y.  7  m.  20  d. 
Co  wgill— Eliza,  wife  of  Geo.,  d.  May  18,  1858,  ae.  52  y.  4  m.  7  d. 
Cleveland— Joel,  b.  in  Schenectady,  Co.,  N.  Y.,  d.  Feb.  27,  1897,  ae.  95  y. 

Mary  A.,  wife  of,  d.  Jan.  1,  1842,  ae.  29  y. 
Cadwell— William,  d.  Apr.  20,  1863,  ae.  77  y.  1  m.  27  d. 
Caulkins— C.  R.,  d.  Aug.  26,  1872,  ae.  69  y.  S  m.  1  d. 

Catherine  Thompson,  wife  of,  d.  Aug.  26,  1865,  ae.  40  y. 

James,  son  of  R.  and  E.,  d.  Sept.  23,  1874,  ae.  53  y.  2  in.  6  d. 

George,  son  of  R.  and  E.,  d.  Mar.  17,  186L,  ae.  22  y.  10  m.  2  d. 

Lydia,  dau.  of  R.  and  E.,  d.  Nov.  1,  1848,  ae.  20  y.  3  m.  23  d. 

Charles,  son  of  R.  and  E.,  d.  Aug.  7,  1876,  ae.  28' y.  8  m.  22  d. 

Albert  S.,  d.  July  14,  1S90,  ae.  56  y.  4  m. 
Carhart— Elnora  R.,  dau.  of  S.  and  F.  T.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1852,  d.  Sept.  4,  1863. 

Fannie,  wife  of  Stephen,  b.  Sept.  8,  1819,  d.  Aug.  30,  1878. 
Davidson— Harry  Sharp,  b.  Nov.  7,  1S70,  d.  July  26,  1872. 
Dunham— Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  4,  1815,  d.  June  9,  1892. 

Eliz.  Harder,  wife  of,  b.  Mar.  21,  1823,  d.  Mar.  13,  1903. 
Dicken — Benoni,  d.  Nov.  7,  1832,  ae.  55  y. 

Lois  E.,  d.  Nov.  14,  1865,  ae.  85  v. 
Dickeman— Cordelia,  d.  May  20,  1862,  ae.  29  y.  10  m.  11  d. 

James,  d.  Mar.  25,  1828,  ae.  53  y.  2  m.  3  d. 
Dickerson— Lewis,  b.  Nov.  16,  1810,  d.  Dec.  15,  1S68. 

Cynthia  M.,  wife,  b.  June  20,  1821,  d.  Oct.  14,  1898. 
Davenport — Dr.  J.,  d.  Louisville,  Ky.,  Mar.  29,  1863,  ae.  31  y.  5  m.  9  d. 

Mary,  wife,  d.  Sept.  11,  1865,  ae.  27  y.  3  m.  11  d. 

Charles  II.,  son  of  J.  and  M.  A.,  d.  Julv  17,  1855,  ae.  18  y.  7  m.  8  d. 

Sarah  J.,  dau.,  d.  Oct.  22,  1855?  ae.  15  y.  9  m.  24  d. 

Rebecca  A.,  wife  of  Anthony  A.,  d.  June  18,  1882,  ae.  40  y.  7  m. 
Elsey— Delia  M„  wife  of  W.  II.,  d.  Dec.  3,  1855,  ae.  28  v.  2  m.  28  d. 
Evarts— Edgar,  d.  Sept.  30,  1881,  ae.  35  y.  11  m.  20  d. 

William,  son  of  Geo.  and  Emma,  d.  Nov.  4,  1892,  ae.  1  y.  9  m.  20  d. 

Philo  P.,  d.  Mar.  21,  1860,  ae.  44  y.  9  m. 

Phebe  R.,  wife,  d.  June  1, 1897,  ae.  78  y.  10  m. 
Flagg — Sarah  F.,  wife  of  Thomas,  d.  Apr.  19,  1865,  ae.  49  y.  5  in. 
Furness— Samuel  S.,  d.  Dec.  26,  1891,  ae.  75  y.  8  m.  28  d. 

Julia  A.,  wife.  d.  Dec.  26,  1889,  ae.  78  v.  1  m.  9  d. 
Green— Eliza,  b.  June  10.  1854,  d.  May  29,"  1892. 
Griffith— Richard,  d.  Mar.  13,  1898,  ae.  83  y. 

Amelia,  wife,  d.  Jan;  13,  1S87,  ae.  65  y.  11  m.  2S  d. 
Gregory — George,  b.  at  New  Milford,  d.  June  14,  1874,  ae.  62  y. 

Orcus,  b.  Dec.  22,  1S96,  ae.  64  y.  2  m.  8  d. 

Niran,  d.  Julv  17,  1891,  ae.  89  y.  5  in.  24  d. 

Susan  C,  d.  Oct.  1,  1892,  ae.  85  y.  8  m.  10  d. 
Gufts— Mary  B.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1806,  d.  Jan.  18  1880. 
Glosson— Nulessia  M.  b.  Sept.  27,  1806,  d.  Mar  10,  1873. 
Gifford— Rev.  Henry,  d.  xMay  31,  1887,  ae.  77  y.  2  m.  4  d. 

Delia  Ann,  wife*  d.  Apr."  1,  1869,  ae.  62  y.*8  m.  13  d. 

Emor  S.,  d.  Dec.  5,  1875,  ae.  36  y.  11  m.  7  d. 

George  A.,  b.  1842,  d.  1889. 
Gustin— Augustus,  d.  Mar.  13,  1864,  ae.  44  v.  11  m. 

Harkel road— John  W.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1824,  d.  Oct.  14,  1903.    Enlisted  July, 
1861,  discharged  Aug.,  1865. 

Emily,  his  wife,  d.  Nov.  7,  1838. 
Hall— H.  G.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1823,  d.  Oct.  13,  18S9.     Co.  H,  35th  0.  V.  I. 


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1906.]  Inscriptioyis — Cheshire,  Delaware  County.  263 

Havens— Ellis,  son  of  K.  and  J.,  d.  July  5,  1892,  ae.  20  y.  10  m.  14  d. 

Gustin,  b.  Mar.  7,  1827,  d-  Jan.  31,  '1895. 
Harriet,  b.  Mar.  27,  1828,  d.  Mar.  1,  1903. 
Hubbard— John  J.,  d.  Aug.  2,  1890,  ae.  90  v.  2  m.  23  d. 
Sally,  his  wife,  d.  Feb.  20,  1896,  ae.  92  y.  2  m.  10  d. 
Arminta  E.,  wife  of  F.  E.,  d.  July  16,  1893,  ae.  58  y.  8  d. 
Charles  Sidney,  d.  Oct.  9,  1885,  ae.  17  y.  7  m.  29  d. 
David  Horace,"  d.  May  7,  1806,  ae.  81  y.  1  m. 

Rest,  weary  one,  the  strife  is  over. 
Life's  stormy  sea  is  crossed. 

Harvey — Samuel,  d.  Apr.  16,  1888,  ae.  75  y. 

Sarah,  d.  Nov.  4,  1895,  ae.  81  y. 
Hunt— Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Daniel,  d.  Mar.,  1873,  ae.  48  y.  9  m.  26  d. 
Harris— Jonathan,  H.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1804,  d.  Dec.  12,  1886. 

Hannah,  b.  June  6,  1800,  d.  Nov.  14,  1S93. 
Hotchkiss — Leyraon,  d.  Sept.  21,  1850,  ae.  3S  y.  3  m.  17  d. 

Sarah  Ann,  wife,  d.  Sept,  12,  1870,  ae.  57  y.  13  d. 

Flora  Amelia,  d.  Oct.  17,  1801,  ae.  21  y.  4  m.  24  d. 
Hemon— Betsy,  b.  Mar.  23,  1822,  d.  Apr.  7,  1902. 

John,  d.  Nov.  24,  1883,  ae.  28  y.  6  m.  23  d. 
Heden— Rachel,  wife  of  Asher  B.,  d.  June  6,  1859,  ae.  66  y.  26  d. 

Eleazer,  d.  July  8,  1862,  ae.  3,)  y.  8  m. 
Hoadley— D.  S.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1799,  d.  Apr.  23,  1880. 

Esther  E.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1806,  d.  Jan.  11,  1881. 

Hanson,  b.  June  7,  1827,  d.  Feb.  8,  1856.  1 

Hoad— Helen  M.,  wife  of  H.  W.,  d.  Feb.  12,  1857,  ae.  20  y. 
Harkins — Dea.  Jeremiah,  d.  Nov.  16,  1868,  ae.  86  y.  11  m. 

Mary,  wife,  d.  June  9,  1858,  ae.  74  y. ;  dau.  Jethroand  Rebecca  Buttler. 
Hoyes — Sarah  Gardner,  b.  in  Sherborn,  Mass.,  1769,  d.  1851. 
Hulk— Jesse,  d.  May  6,  1863,  ae.  79  y.  25  d. 

Phebea,  formerly  w.  of  W.  C.  Slone,  d.  Sept.  30,  1863,  ae.  78  y.  3  m.  16  d. 

Martin,  d.  Oct.  5,  1871,  ae.  34  y.  3  m.  16  d. 
Hollv— James,  b.  1825,  d.  1900. 

Eliza,  b.  1824,  d.  1903.  { 

Benjamin,  d.  May  21. 1861,  ae.  69  y.  5  m.  6  d, 

Mira,  d.  Sept.  12,  1881,  ae.  84  v.  12  d. 

Robert,  son  of  B.  and  M.,  d.  Mar.  18,  1865,  ae.  43  y.  3  m.  18  d. 
Hulks— Raymond,  d.  Mar.  4,  1897,  ae.  86  y.  10  m.  16  d. 

Almora,  wife,  d.  Sept.  12,  1888,  ae.  73  y. 
Haven— John,  d.  Apr.  1,  1809,  ae.  37  y.  1  m.  20  d. 

Ann  D.,  wife,  d.  May  17,  1886,  ae.  50  v.  10  m.  27  d. 

Carrie  M.,  dau.,  d.  Mar.  10,  1SS1,  ae.  19  y.  2  m.  23  d. 

Jesse,  d.  Feb.  19,  1872,  ae.  73  y.  11  m.  19  d. 

Mary  W.,  d.  Mar.  28,  1875,  ae.  73  v.  8  m.  14  d. 
Hitchcock— Mary  J.  Sewell,  wife  of  L.  M.,  d.  Nov.  9,  1891,  ae.  74  v.  10  m.  4  d. 

Sarah  J.,  dau.,  d.  Aug.  29,  1886,  ae.  42  y.  1  m. 
Irwin — Joseph,  b.  Jan.  5,  1829. 

Lvdia  C,  his  wife,  b.  May  17,  1834,  d.  Sept.  18,  1899. 
Jack— Andrew,  d.  Dec.  25,  1808,  ae.  63  y.  9  m.  16  d. 
Jones— Zelotes,  b.  Apr.  30,  1791,  d.  Feb.  1,  1874. 

Sarah,  wife,  d.  Dec.  21,  1S06,  ae.  71  v.  11  m.  29  d. 

David,  Co.  H,  145  O.  N.  G.,  d.  Aug.  29, 1864,  ae.  2S  y.  8  m.  15  d.  A  loyal 
soldier  to  his  country  and  his  God.  He  was  the  youngest  and  last 
of  three  sons  of  Z.  and  S.  Jones,  who  d.  in  the  service  of  his  countrv. 

Andrew  B,  d.  at  Washington,  Julv  3,  1864,  ae.  33  y.  3  m.  5  d.  Co.  D, 
136  0.  N.  G. 

Solomon,  Co.  H.  145  Reg.  O.  N.  G.     1826-1864. 

Zelotes,  son  of  A.  K.  and  L.  O.,  b.  May  25,  1862,  d.  Apr.  28,  1877. 

Eliz.,  w.  of  Harry,  d.  July  17,  1S66,  ae.  63  y.  3  m. 

Honv,  d.  Feb.  12,  1865,  ae.  65  y.  1  m. 

Sarah  A.,  wife  of  D.  B.,  d.  Apr.  14,  1886,  ae.  47  y.  1  m.  13  d. 


264  Inscriptions — Cheshire,  Delaware  County.  [July, 

Janes— C.  C.,  d.  Apr.  12,  1877,  ae.  30  y.  6  m.  12  d. 

Nomv  G.,  wife  of  A.  A.,  d.  Apr.  4,  1865,  ae.  54  v.  10  in.  6  d. 

Emma  B.,  wife  of  Hubert  A.,  d.  Dec.  30,  1S73,  ae.  37  y.  1  m.  12  d. 

A.  A.,  d.  Feb.  14,  1856,  ae.  45  y.  10  m.  6  d. 

Melvin  T.,  b.  1814,  d.  1899. 

Marcia  Caulkins,  wife,  b.  1812,  d.  1894. 

Marshall,  d.  Aug.  15,  1886,  ae.  08  v. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Ossina,  d.  Feb.  18,  1885,  ae.  22  y.  2  m. 
Kellar— Mary  A.,  wife  of  A.  S.  Kellar,  d.  Nov.  9,  1833,  ae.  61  y.  9  m.  6  d. 

Radisill,  1S54-1901. 

Alpha,  his  wife,  b.  1866,  d.  1899. 

Nellie  L.,  1865-1866. 
Tenn.,  Oct.  11,  1862. 
Kelly— Rachael,  d.  Mar.  20, 1893,  ae.  87  y.  5  m.  23  d. 
Kelsey— Rev.  P.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1791,  d.  July  5,  1879. 

Phila  B.,  wife,  b.  Mar.  26,  1791,  d.  May  27,  1858 

Marye,  b.  Mar.  22,  1835,  d.  Jan.  19,  1857. 

Philander  P.,  b.  May  11,  1837,  d.  Sept.  9,  1874. 
Keen — Lotia,  d.  June  2S,  1874,  ae.  46  y.  5  m. 
Lackey — Rebecca,  wife  of  Edgar,  d.  Sept.  6,  1875,  ae.  41  y.  18  d. 

Maud  0.,  wife  of  Rev.  E.  D.  Hanna,  d.  Oct,  9,  1890,  ae.  23  y.  1  m.  25  d. 

D.  IL,  b.  July  21,  1821,  d.  July  4,  18S4. 
Lewis— Wm.  F.,  d.  Dec.  8,  1875,  ae.  66  v.  10  m. 

Sarah  E.,  wife,  b.  Jan.  3,  1822,  d.  April  22,  1900. 

Dr.  John  K.,  aest.  sur.  18th  0.  V.  I.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1831,  d.  at  Memphi3, 

Dr.  John,  d.  Jan.  10,  1874,  ae.  82  y.  2  m.  2  d. 

Ruth,  wife  of  Dr.  John,  d.  Jan.  10,  1873,  ae.  78  y.  7  m.  13  d. 

L.  L.,  dau.,  d.  Feb.  11.  18S2,  ae.  63  y.  20  d. 

Milo  Henry,  1836-1 S98,  Lieut,  and  Adjutant  121st  0.  V.  I. 

Wilmont  T.  (son),  b.  1877,  d.  1S78. 
Matthews— Clarence  H.,  b.  Feb.  22, 1864,  d.  July  12,  1897. 
Moss— Lyman,  b.  Dec.  5,  1860,  d.  Nov.  26,  1896. 

Harriet,  wife  of  Jesse,  d.  Nov.  30,  1879,  ae.  44  y.  1  m.  9  d. 
McCloskey— Ann,  wife  of  H.  Waterfield,  d.  Jan.  28,  1881,  ae.  71  y.  6  m.  1  d. 
Mav— Obadiah  R.,  d.  June  19,  1893,  ae.  73  y.  11  m.  1  d. 

Mary  E.,  wife  of  O.  R.,  d.  May  26,  1S92,  ae.  65  y.  0  m.  2  d. 

James  E.,  son,  d.  Feb.  22,  1S74,  ae.  16  v.  2  m.  1  d. 

Geo.  C,  b.  Mar,  18,  1836,  d.  Apr.  22,  1897. 

Caroline  E.,  wife,  b.  Aug.  15,  1848,  d.  Dec.  10,  1893. 
Manter— Maria,  wife  of  D.,  d.  Apr.  12,  1891,  ae.  77  y.  3  m.  23  d. 
Morgan— Sarah  B.,  d.  Aug.  19,  1859,  ae.  23  y.  3  m.  22  d. 
Nettleton — Margaret  E„  wife  of  Daniel,  cl.  Julv  19,  1877,  ae.  69  y.  4  m.  4  d. 

Salina  B.,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Marg.  E.,  d.  Mar.  21, 1849,  ae.  9  y.  6  m.  11  d. 

Daniel,  d.  June  27,  LS60,ae.  79  y.  6.m.  26  d. 

Rhode,  wife,  d.  Jan.  28,  1851,  ae.  72  y. 

Nothan,  d.  Mar.  4,  1876.  ae.  77  y.  1  m.  25  d. 
Osbourn— Mary  A.,  wife  of  H.t  d.  Jan.  20, 1861,  ae.  43  v,  10  m.  16  d.,  b.  Feb. 
4,  1817. 

Henry,  b.  Sept.  22,  1818,  d.  Mar.  7,  1898. 

Esther,  wife,  b.  June  20,  1810,  d.  June  1,  1895. 
Pratt— U.  S.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1818,  d.  Nov.  29,  1898. 
f^Betsv  C,  wife  of  U.  S.,  b.  Mar.  12,  182-  d.  May  10,  1S92. 
Place— John  W.,  d.  June  16,  1S85,  ae.  80  y.  17  d. 
Poppleton— Sarah,  wife  of  Madison,  d.  Jan.  27,  1893,  ae.  68  y. 
Punderson — Susan,  wife  of  David,  d.  Nov.  1,  1875,  ae.  89  y. 
Purmort— Perlenat,  wife  of  M.,  died  Feb.  13,  1850,  ae.  42  y.  6  m.  24  d. 
Paskate— Cornelias  8.  D.,  d.  Nov.  13,  1890. 
Page— Simeon,  b.  1828,  d.  Oct.  27,  1879. 

Delia  A.,  wife,  b.  Aug.  6.  1836,  d.  Feb.  11,  1876. 
Patrick— W.  H.,  d.  May  11,  1877,  ae.  53  y.  10  d. 

Mary,  J.,  wife,  d.  Feb.  3,  1895,  ae.  bS  y.  3  m.  23  d. 


1906.]  Inscriptions — Cheshire,  Delaware  County.  265 

Richardson— Wra.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1816,  <1.  May  23,  18-51.    Buried  at  Homer,  III. 

Jane  Bellus,  wife,  b.  Sept.  28,  1821,  d.  Feb.  27,  1903. 
Ryant— Eugene  D.,  b.  1837,  d.  1902. 

Emma  C,  b.  1828,  d.  1903. 

H.  Love,  b.  1870,  d.  1887. 

John,  d,  Jan.  3,  1870,  ae.  73  y.  1  m.  8  d. 

Love  Nettleton,  wife,  d.  Oct.  7,  1868,  ae.  72  y.  10  m.  22  d. 

Harriet  R.,  dau.  of  W.  C.  White,  d.  Nov.  18,  1859,  ae.  42  y.  3  m.  24  d. 
Ridgway— Geo.  W.,  d.  Aug.  14,  1883,  ae.  59  y.  10  m.  6  d. 

Mercy,  d.  July  2,  1864,  ae.  41  y.  13  d. 
Ross— David  S.,  Co.  I,  57th  O.  V.  I.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1842,  d.  June  26,  188S. 
Slack— Elizith  H.,  b.  1822,  d.  1902. 

Margaret  J.,  b.  1834,  d.  1902. 
Sanders— Nellie  J.,  b.  1868,  d.  1894. 

Slough— Cvnthia  Ridgway,  d.  Oct.  15,  1888,  ae.  41  y.  9  m.  19  d. 
Smith— Charles  E.,  d.  1836. 

Anna  M.,  his  wife,  d.  1838. 

George  W.,  b.  18S2,  d.  1885. 

Lorin,  b.  Dec.  25,  1792,  d.  Apr.  14,  1878. 

Sarah  Lewis,  wife,  b.  Mar.  16,  1800,  d.  Apr.  16,  1875. 

Sidney,  b.  Dec.  12,  1817,  d.  Oct.  15,  1878. 

Mary  A.,  wife  of  Albert  R.,  d.  Feb.  19,  1887,  ae.  68  y.  1  m.  13  d. 

Chauncy  W.,  d.  May  6,  1879,  ae.  49  y.  3  m.  25  d. 

Harriet  E.,  wife,  d.  Sept.  5,  1861,  ae.  25  y.  6  m.  23  d. 
Shade— Emeline,  wife  of  E.,  d.  Nov.  5,  1896,  ae.  74  y.  1  m.  2  d. 

Elyah,  d  Mar.  19,  1S84,  ae.  61  y.  1  m.  24  d. 
Stevens— Wffi.  H.,  Sergt.  Co.  K,  121st  Reg.  0.  V.  I.,  b.  Mar.  22, 1837,  d.  Jan. 
4,  1892. 

Mary  S. 
Sharp— D.  T.,  d.  Aug.  27,  1878,  ae.  78,  y.  4  m.  13  d. 

Adeline,  wife,  d.  Sept.  1.  1875,  ae,  62  y.  20  d.' 
Scorell — Lucrelia,  wife  of  Chester,  d.  Dec.  7,  1893,  ae.  59  y.  3  m.  24  d. 
Stone— John  B.,  b.  in  Homer,  Cortland  Co.  N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1811,  d.  in  Ash- 
ley Sept.  29,  1879. 

Prof.  J.  F.,  of  Leland  Univ.,  New  Orleans,  b.  Feb.  24,  1847,  d.  Feb. 
16,  1878. 
Steward — Nancy,  wife  of  Yinol,  d.  June  19,  1879,  ae.  66  y.  9  m. 
Sherman— John,  d.  Nov.  28,  1869,  ae.  48  y.  2  m.  28  d. 
Scott— Clark,  d.  Apr.  29,  1867,  ae.  77  y.  1  m.  13  d. 

Flora,  wife,  d.  Apr.  29,  1865,  ae.  74  y.  2  d. 

Linna,  dau.  of  Milo  and  Manilla,  b.  May  26,  1870,  d.  Feb.  28,  1894. 

Asa,  d.  Mar.  28,  1S22,  ae.  51  y.  8  m.  24  d. 

Jim,  son  of  Samuel. 

Chloe,  wife  of  Asa,  d.  Dec.  11,  1859,  in  her  SSth  vear. 

Chloe  F.,  dau.  of  F.  and  P.,  d.  Aug.  31,  1842,  ae.  17  y.  6  m.  19  d. 

Manerva  W.,  dau.  of  F.  and  P.,  d.  Aug.  8,  1840,  ae.  4  m.  5  d. 

Caroline,  dan,  of  F.  and  P.,  d.  June  7,  1834,  ae.  1  y.  7  m.  4  d. 

Emeline,  wife  of  Wm.  E.,  d.  June  6,  1853,  ae.  23  y.  4  m.  3  d. 

Alvira  Viola,  dau.  of  F.  and  P.,  d.  Aug.  31,  1855,  ae.  15  y.  6  m. 

Thomas  Weslev,  son  of  F.  J.  and  P.,  d.  June  5,  1863,  ae.  25  y.  3  m. 

Pamela,  wife  of  F.  J.,  d.  July  11,  1852,  ae.  46  y.  7  d. 

Lewis,  d.  July  31,  1825.  ae.  23  y.  8  m.  28  d. 

Thomas  J.,  son  of  W.  H.  and  Emeline,  d.  Sept,  27,  1853,  ae.  3  y.  1  d. 

Elias,  d.  Julv  30,  1S23,  ae.  23  v.  8  m.  27  d. 

Lanson  D.,  d.  May  7,  1892,  ae.  76  y.  2  m.  .9  d. 

Phoebe,  his  wife.  d.  Mar.  12,  1898,  ae.  70  v.  6  m. 

Neveda,  d.  Feb.  22,  1888,  ae.  8  v.  5  m.  27  d. 
Sackett— Augustine,  d.  Sept.  13,  1862,  ae.  49  y.  1  m.  21  d. 

Mary  Ellen,  wife  of  Geo.  L.,  d.  June  23,  1872,  ae.  27  y.  10  m.  23  d. 

Mary  E.  Garye,  wife  of  Augustine,  d.  Mar.  31,  1891,  ae.  75  y.  1  m.  10  d. 

Hattie,  dau.  of  G.  and  E.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1866,  d.  Jan.  2.  1884. 


266 


Inscriptions — Che  shite,  Dclaivare  County. 


[July. 


Saunders— Ellen  D.,  d.  Oct.  31,  1873,  ae.  27  y. 
Saunder— Ay  or,  d.  Oct.  7,  lSbo,  ae.  02  y.  1  d. 

Elizabeth,  wife,  d.  Aug.  8,  1884,  ae.  48  y.  4  d. 

Edwin  IL,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I.,  d.  in  New  Goldbury  Mar.  2,  1865,  ae. 
33  y.lm, 
Stevens— Charles,  d.  Apr.  10,  18G4,  ae.  67  y.  6  m.  27  d. 

Comfort,  d.  Sept.  17,  1878,  ae.  77  v.  5  m.  24  d. 
Sherwood— Rev.  Wm.,  d.  Nov.  19,  18*70,  ae.  56  y.  4  m.  18  d. 

Roxana  Rufe,  d.  Feb.  17,  1SS9,  ae.  63  y.  7  m.  1  d. 

Chas.  S.,  d.  Feb.  19,  1861,  ae.  11  m.  22  d. 

Wm.  South,  d.  Aug.  22,  1850,  ae.  15  y. 
Stuck— John,  d.  Mar.  16, 1864,  ae.  72  y.  4  m.  12  d. 

Lovina,  wife,  d.  Aug.  10,  186-,  ae.  75  y.  10  m.  21  d. 
Sackrides — Daniel,  d.  Jan.  1,  1860,  ae.  57  y.  6  m.  24  d. 

Harriet,  wife,  b.  Aug.  23.  1810,  d.  Apr'  22,  1889. 
Sewell— Henry,  b.  in  Chestville,  Me.,  d.  July  23,  1866,  ae.  73  y.  4  d.   Soldier 

of  1812. 
Shade— Phillips  E.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1868,  d.  Dec.  5,  1895. 

Inez  M.,  wife,  b.  Dec.  11, 1865,  d.  Dec.  16,  1891. 
Strong— Lucius  C,  b.  May  21.  1804,  d.  Feb.  12,  1S24. 

Mahala  Andrus,  b.  June  25,  1864,  d.  July  18,  1889. 

Candace  M.,  wife  of  Samuel  Stout,  d.  Feb.  8,  1881,  ae.  43  y.  2  m.  7  d. 
Speer— A.  M.,  d.  June  22,  1903,  ae.  82  y.  3  m.  13  d. 

Electra,  wife  of  A,  M.,  d.  Mar.  26,  1879,  ae.  69  y.  9  m.  25  d. 

Geo.  T.,  son  of  A.  M.  and  E.  T.,  d.  Aug.  3,  1864,  at  Arlington  Heights, 
Va. ;  Co.  H,  145  Regt.,  0.  V.  L,  ae.  18  y.  10  m.  18  d.  Thou  gavest 
him,  O  mv  Father,  and  thou  hast  taken  away. 

Milton  S.,  d.  June  22,  1900,  ae.  63  v.  9  m.  16  d. 

Julia  B.  wife,  d.  March  18,  1882,  ae.  47  y.  10  m. 

George  H.,  d.  Dec.  16,  1868,  ae.  86  y.  11  d. 
Twigg— Martha  E.,  wife  of  David,  b.  Mar.  34,  1S60,  d.  Sept.  3,  1890. 
Thompson — Rev.  J.  A.,  d.  Apr.  9,  1876,  ae.  73  y.  8  m. 

Mary  G.,  wife,  b.  Mar.  3,  1805,  d.  Sept.  2,  18S1. 

Wm.  Smadley,  son  of  Lewis  May ;  Co.  K,  121st  0.  V.  I.,  d.  in  Le  Baron, 
Ky.,  Jan.  12,  1863,  ae.  21  v.  2  m. 

Sarah  A.,  wife  of  D.,  b.  April  14,  1886,  ae.  47  y.  1  m.  13  d. 
Tiffany— George  W.,  b.  July  8,  1838,  d.  Dec.  22,  1891. 

Eliz.  M.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1837,  d. 

Lovena  W.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1866,  d.  Nov.  15,  1894. 
Valentine — Martha,  wife  of  John,  d.  Feb.  3,  1851,  ae.  48  y.  2  m.  14  d. 
William— Sadie,  wife  of  J.  J.,  d.  Feb.  6,  1886,  ae.  24  y.  10  m.  10  d. 

Jacob  R.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1811,  d.  July  17,  1890. 

Lydia  A.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1815,  d.  Oct.  14,  1892. 

C.  W.,  Co.  K,  121st  0.  V.  I. 
Wilcox — Martin,  d.  Apr.  7,  18S7,  ae.  76  y. 

Charlotte,  wife,  d.  June  3,  1872,  ae.  58  y.  8  m.  28  d. 
Whittier— Philander  E.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1834,  d.  Oct.  2,  187/ 
Whitman — Lydia,  wife  of  Eyra,  d.  Oct.  6,  1870,  ae.  51  y.  3  m.  11  d. 
White— W.  C,  d.  Mar.  30,  1881,  ae.  51  y.  11  m.  2d. 


Africa  Graveyard,  Orange   Township,  Delaware   County,   Ohio. 

Copied  October  1, 1904,  by  II.  Warren  Phelps  and  F.  T,  Cole. 

Aller— Frank,  Co.  G,  88th  0.  V.  I. 

John.,  Co.  G,  88th  O.  V.I. 
Bale— James,  b.  Mar.  4,  1797,  d.  Nov.  29,  1885. 

Sarah,  wife,  b.  Dec.  29,  1802,  d.  Sept.  5, 1845. 

George,  son,  b.  Aug.  14,  1843,  d.  Oct.  10,  18G3. 
Beers— Orren  D.,  d.  Sept.  19,  1867,  se.  66  y.  2  m.  24  d. 
Barrows — Solomon,  d.  Oct.  13,  1825,  ad.  70  y. 

Prudence,  wife,  d.  Jan.  12, 1826,  se.  67  y.  12  d. 

Nath'l,  W.,  d.  Feb.  18,  1856,  se.  48  y.  1  m.  1  d. 

Mary,  wife  of,  d.  Apr.  29,  1862,  se.  69  y.  1  m.  4  d. 

Marv  A.,  dau.  of  N.  and  M.,  d.  Aug.  19,  1854,  se.  15  y.  8  m.  15  d. 

Nathaniel,  d.  Apr.  13,  1S44,  se.  22  y.  2  m.  5  d. 

O.  Lanman,  d.  Aug.  26,  1848,  se.  31  y. 

Orin,  d.  Jan.  15,  1864,  se.  73  y.  3  m.  10  d. 

Sarah,  wife  of  O.,  d.  Sept.  18,  1854,  se.  61  y.  8  m.  7  d. 

Orville  M.,  son,  d.  Sept.  18, 1819,  se.  10  m. 
Baker— George,  d.  Oct.  27,  1878,  ce.  54  y.  3  m.  18  d. 

Eliza,  wife,  d.  Apr.  25,  1801,  se.  75  y.  9  m.  11  d. 

George  H.,  son,  d.  Oct.  5,  1888,  se.  41  y.  1  m.  21  d. 

Hannah,  dau.,  d.  Mar.  13,  1871,  se.  15  y.  9  m.  17  d. 

Mary  A.,  mother  of  H.  L.,  d.  Feb.  6,  1871,  se.  51  y.  4  m.  24  d. 
Bale— Dulcenen,  wife  of  David,  b.  1844,  d.  1892. 

Mary,  b.  1868,  d.  1876. 

Cora  A.,  b.  1879,  d.  1880. 

Herbert  M.,  b.  1881,  d.  1887. 
Black— Isaac,  d.  Dec.  27,  1826,  se.  74  y. 

Mehitable,  wife,  d.  Dec.  9, 1826,  se.  65  y. 
Chidester— Charles,  son  of  C,  Co.  F.,  43d  O.  V.  I.,  d.  Apr.  3, 1862,  se.  17  y. 

8  m.  6  d. 
Campbell— Prescott  S.,  d.  Mar.  1,  1847,  se.  30  y.  10  m.  2  d. 

Chester,  b.  Mar.  10,  1794,  d.  July  14,  1874. 

Marcia,  wife,  b.  Jan.  30,  1791,  d.  Dec.  30,  1867. 
Conklin— Burke,  b.  Sept.  21,  1860,  d.  April  25,  1886. 

Enuce,  wife  of  M.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1826,  d.  July  7,  1882. 

Mathew,  b.  May  15.  1807,  d.  June  5,  1886. 

Ann,  his  wife,  b.  May  23,  1810,  d.  Sept.  7,  1856. 
Canine— John,  d.  Sept.  7,  1848,  se.  79  y. 

Cheerful  I  leave  this  vale  of  tears, 

Where  pain  and  sorrows  grow. 
Welcome  the  day  that  ends  my  toil, 

And  every  scene  of  woe. 

Catherine,  wife,  d.  Apr.  12,  1851,  se.  80  y. 

Weep  not  for  me,  my  friends  so  dear, 
I  am  not  dead,  but  sleeping  here; 
Bright  angels  beckon  me  away 
To  sing  God's  praise  in  endless  day. 

Coulter— Parthenia,  wife  of  Samuel,  d.  Dec.  2,  1850,  se.  46  y.  6  d. 

Spirits  of  the  dead  departed, 

Throned  above; 
Souls  like  thine  are  with  God, 

Where  all  is  life  and  love. 

Clark— J.  K.,  b.  1794,  d.  1887. 
Hannah,  b.  1816,  d.  1890. 
Carrie,  dau.,  d.  Jan.  29,  1870,  se.  15  y.  5  d. 
Helen  M.,  d.  Feb.  2,  1865,  se.  27  y.  7  m.  27  d. 
Henry,  d.  Aug.  12,  1876,  se.  40  y.  7  m.  20  d. 


267 


208        Inscriptions— Africa  Graveyard,  Delaware,  County.     [July, 


Satchel,  d.  Oct.  18,  1867,  re.  71  y.  11  m.  11  d. 

Eliz.  Goodhue,  his  wife,  b.  in  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  Apr.  25,  1895,  d.  at 
Orange  O.,  Apr.  20,  1876. 

Sarah  Gilmore,  dau.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1830,  d.  Sept.  26,  1888. 

M.  G.,b.  Oct.  16,  1820,  d.  May  28,  1895. 

Sarah  A.,  wife,  b.  Aug.  12,  1818,  d.  July  21,  1900. 
Dirst— Philip,  d.  July  10,  1S50,  se.  27  y. 

Sally  A.  wife,  d.  Sept.  29,  1861,  83.  42  y. 

Philip  J.,  d.  Apr.  6,  1874,  se.  23  y. 

Mary,  d.  Dec.  8.  1864,  re.  19  y. 

David,  d.  1843,  se.  62  y. 
Drake— William,  d.  June  3,  1867,  re.  57  y.  9  m.  28  d. 

Hannah,  wife,  d.  Dec.  15,  1856,  re.  38  y.  14  d. 
Day— Ellsworth  E.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1862,  d.  Mar.  29,  1900. 

Laura  Belle,  b.  Dec.  17,  1864,  d.  Apr.  15,  1901. 
Ferson — Paul,  d.  Jan.  20,  1847,  re.  65  y;  Elder  in  Pres.  Church  of  Berlin. 
His  life  adorned  the  religion  of  our  Saviour. 

Sarah,  wife,  d.  Aug.  6, 1829,  a?.  41  y ;  emigrated  from  New  Boston,  N.  II., 
in  1817. 

James,  formerly  from  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  d.  Jan.  2,  1821,  in  his  77th 
year,  expressing  a  full  hope  in  Christ. 

Mary,  wife,  d.  Apr.  29,  1854,  a?.  79  y.    They  had  been  members  of  the 
Pres.  Church  for  more  than  half  a  century. 

Millie  B.,  wife  of  James,  d.  Nov.  15,  1858,  re.  32  y. 

James,  son  of  James  and  Marv,  b.  in  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  Aug.  17,  1781, 
d.  Dec.  19,  1852. 

Betsy,  dau.  of  John  Smith,  of  Francestown,  N.  H.;  wid.  of  Robt.  Jame- 
son, of  Blendon,  O.,  d.  Apr.  22,  1855,  <re.  66  v. 

Samuel,  b.  May  1,  1783,  d.  June  If 

Phebe  Jameson,  his  wife,  b.  Jan. 

Rachel,  dau.,  b.  1829,  d.  1849. 

Ellen,  dau.,  b.  1840,  d.  1873. 

Mary  L.,  wife  of  Rev.  J.  McBride,  b.  Sept.  1,  1818,  d.  Mar.  6,  1849. 

Mary  Ann,  dau.  of  John  and  M.  B.,  d.  Oct.  3,  1848,  re.  24  y.  8  m. 

James,  b.  Apr.  17,  1826,  d.  June  16,  1899. 

Laura,  wife.  b.  Nov.  21,  1831,  d.Feb.  27,  1894. 

Sarah,  b,  1846,  d.  1899. 
Foster— Sarah  E.,  dau.  of  John  and  Ann,  d.  Aug.  9,  1866,  re.  25  y.  6  m.  14  d. 

Ann,  wife  of  John,  d.  Mar.  20,  1876,  re.  55  v. 

Geo.  B.,  son  of  J.  and  A.,  d.  Sept,  28,  1859,  re.  32  y.  6  m.  5  d. 
Fenton— Elijah  A.,  d.  July  23,  1856,  re.  66  y. 

Jerush,  wife,  d.  Feb.  17,  1852,  a?.  61  y. " 
Fairman— Alvah  C,  d.  Oct.  20,  1876,  a?.  68  y.  16  d. 

Royal  B.,  son  of  G.  A.  and  A.  G.,  d.  May  4,  1881,  S3.  25  y.  10  m.  9  d. 
Ferson — Sarah,  dau.  of  Samuel,  b.  1846,  d.  1894. 

James  B.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1826,  d.  June  16,  1899. 

Laura  A.  wife,  b.  Nov.  21,  1831,  d.  Feb.  27,  1894. 
Granger— Sarah,  wife  of  Milton,  d.  Oct.  1,  1867,  se.  39  y.  6  d. 
George — John  G.,  d.  Nov.  26,  1865,  re.  73  y.  8  m.  19  d. 

Fanny,  d.  Feb.  12,  1870,  re.  79  v.  5  m.  21  d. 

Samuel  G.,  son,  d.  Dec.  27,  1864,  re.  36  y. 
Howard— Isaac,  d.  Mar.  12,  1865,  re.  81  y. 

Anna,  wife,  d.  in  Colerain,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1852,  re.  57  v. 

Mitchell  C,  son,  d.  Apr.  20,  1840,  re.  21  y. 
Hvde— Gavlord  G.,  b.  1821,  d.  1864. 

Amelia  B.,  b.  1829,  d.  1863. 

EditonP.,  b.  1861,  d.  1863. 

Sarah  L.,  d.  Jan.  20, 1898,  re.  89  v.  S  m.  12  d. 

U.  H.,  d.  July  16,  1S69,  re.  64  v.  6  in.  16  d. 

Ellen,  wife  of  D.  E.,  d.  Sept.  6,  1854,  re.  19  y.  17  d. 

Jennie  M.,  wife  of  U.  D.,  d.  Nov.  21,  1868,  re.  32  v.  9  in. 


5,  1885. 

5,  1802,  d.  May  11, 1869. 


]906.]    Inscriptions — Africa  Graveyard,  Delaivare  County. 


269 


; 


1894. 
Aug.  9,  1852,  re.  57  y. 


Harris — Summer,  d.  Jan.  9,  1S66,  a?.  49  y.  8  m.  19  d. 

Orilla,  wife  of  S.,  d.  Oct.  12,  1862,  re.  42  y.  4  m.  11  d. 
Havens— Susan,  wife  of  Andrew,  d.  Sept.  26,  1875,  re.  70  y.  8  m.  1G  d. 
Hurlbust— Lee,  b.  1797,  d.  1880. 

Lefa,  wife,  b.  1816,  d.  1838. 

Elizabeth,  wife,  b.  1813,  d.  1894. 
Hunt— John  B.,  M.  D.,  b.  June  24,  1828. 

Angeline  Patterson,  wife,  b.  May  10,  1833,  d.  Aug. 
Jones — Jane,  wife  of  Amasa ;  dau.  of  John  Canine,  d. 

O  could  I  stay  with  friends  so  kind- 
How  would  it  cheer  my  fainting  mind  : 
But  duty  makes  me  understand 
That  we  must  take  the  parting  band. 

Javnes— Heman,  Co.  H,  174th  0.  V.  I.,  d.  Nov.  3,  1873,  se.  45  y.  1  m.  11  d. 
Orlando,  d.  Aug.  1,  1873,  se.  19  y.  4  m.  23  d. 
Oliver,  d.  Oct.  10,  1SS0,  &.  21  v. 

Seth,  b.  in  Georgia,  Vt ,  Apr.  19,  1804,  d.  in  Berlin  Mar.  23,  1866. 
Jerusha,  his  wife,  b.  Sept.  21,  1813,  d.  May  7,  1889. 
Jaycox — Ephraim,  d.  Jan.  12,  1886,  re.  64  y.  3  m.  2  d. 

Mary,  wife,  d.  Nov.  29,  1S80,  se.  54  y.  6  m.  12  d. 
Jones— John  D.,  d.  Dec.  11,  1888,  re.  38  y.  10  m.  23  d. 
Little— Mary  E.,  dau.  A.  and  C.  A.,  d.  July  7,  1872,  a?.  21  y.  5  m.  16  d. 
Loop — Wm.'H.,  son  of  Peter  and  Mary,  d.  Jan.  7,  1854,  se.  17  y. 
Anna  M.,  dau.,  d.  May  9,  1870,  se.  24  y.  1  m.  25  d. 
James,  son,  d.  May  6,  1865,  se.  10  m.  16  d. 
Morgan— William  J.,  b.  1830,  d.  1902. 
Amanda  M.,  b.  1835,  d.  1898. 
Warren,  b.  1S62,  d.  1863. 
McClung— Eugene  A.  wife  of  J.  I.,  d.  Nov.  9,  1863,  re.  21  y.  3  m.  5  d. 
Moore— George  B.,  d.  Sept.  9,  1834. 

Caroline,  wife,  b.  Jan.  16, 1840,  d.  Feb.  7,  1901. 
Xettleton— Rev.  James  A.,  d.  Nov.  1,  1893,  re.  71  y.  23  d. 
Frances  M.,  wife,  d.  Dec.  S,  1855,  re.  20  y.  8  m.  23  d. 
Nathan,  d.  Oct.  4,  1825,  se.  55  y. 

Welcome,  sweet  hour  of  full  discharge, 
That  sets  our  longing  souls  at  large, 
Unbinds  our  chains,  breaks  up  our  cell, 
And  gives  us  with  our  God  to  dwell. 
To  dwell  with  God,  to  feel  His  love, 
x  Is  the  full  heavens  enjoyed  above. 

Haniiah,  wife,  d.  Nov.  14,  1864,  a?.  87  v.  1  m.  11  d. 

Dela,  d.  Feb  4,  1884,  re.  82  y,  7  m.  20  d. 

Abiel  L.,  d.  July  31,  1886,  re.  71  v.  6  m.  12  d. 
Noble— Salome,  d.  July  16,  1854,  re.  67  v.  2  m.  10  d. 
Nutt— Sarah  G.,  wife  of  James  W.,  d.  Mar.  11,  1845,  re.  21  y.  11  m.  3  d. 
Patterson— Samuel,  b.  Apr.  4,  1803,  d.  Apr.  17,  1884. 

Hannah,  wife,  b.  Dec.  2,  1869,  d.  Aug.  16,  1888. 

Nellie  G.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1871,  d.  May  20,  1895. 
Page — Michael,  d.  Sept.  7,  1855,  re.  58  y.  11  m.  13  d. 

Elizabeth,  wife,  d.  Jan.  25,  1869,  a.'.  65  y.  4  m.  14  d. 
Perley— Vesta  A.,  wife  of  N.,  d.  July  29,  1857,  re.  32  y.  4  m.  7  d. 
Phinney — Hannah,  wife  of  Joshua,  d.  Mar  28,  1853, "re.  7S  y.  1  m.  16  d. 
Patrick— Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jesse,  d.  Nov.  30,  1S88,  re.  89  y. 
Roof — Moses,  d.  Feb.  28,  1870,  re.  53  y.  6  m. 
Roe— George  W.,  d.  Dec.  19,  1881,  re.  35  y.  7  m.  5  d. 
Smith— Jav  D.,  b.  June  21,  1843,  d.  Apr.  7,  1875. 

Dora  Jane,  b.  Jan.  22,  1856,  d.  Jan.  6,  1897. 
Sellers — Ann  E.,  wife  of  William,  born  June  6,   1778,  in  Farquier  county, 
Va. ;  m.  to  William  Mar.  6,  1820,  in  Zanesville,  O.,  d.  Aug.  3,  1842, 
re.  64  y.  1  m.  27  d. 


Her  life  wns  the  life  of  a  Christian, 
Her  death  the  death  of  a  saint ; 

Her  soul,  being  washed  in  the  fountain , 
Has  tlowu  to  the  bosom  uf  Christ. 


270       Inscriptions — Africa  Graveyard,  Delaware  County.      [Jul v. 

Spooner — Mary,  wife  of  James,  d.  Aug.  0,  1853,  se.  38  y. 

Spring — Jimmie,  son  of  F.  and  IS.,  d.  Apr.  G,  1882,  se.  2  y,  9  m.  27  d. 

wife  died. 
Steel— William  S.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1805,  d.  May  20,  1S88. 

Margaret,  wife  of  William,  d.  May  6,  1857,  se.  42  y.  16  d. 

Sarah,  second  wife,  d.  Nov.  10,  1878,  se.  71  y.  5,  rn.  8  d. 
Sackett— Milton  H.,  b.  1783,  d.  1849. 

Sally  Ferson,  wife,  b.  1788,  d.  1849. 

James  F.,  b.  1S30. 

Eliz.  H.,  wife,  b.  1829,  d.  1902. 
Tinkham— Abel,  d.  Nov.  7, 1828.  re.  69  y. 

Beyond  this  vale  of  tears 

I  live  a  life  above  : 
Unmeasured  by  the  flight  of  years, 

Where  all  that  life  is  Jove. 

Hannah,  wife  of  Abel,  d.  Oct.  23,  1831,  se.  75  y. 

She  through  fiery  trials  trod  ; 

She  through  great  affliction  came, 
Now,  before  the  throne  of  God, 

Healed  with  His  eternal  name. 

Thompson— James  K..  b.  Nov.  8,  1831,  d.  Oct.  5,  1871. 

Mary  A.,  dau.  of  J.  and  S.,  d.  Nov.  15,  1860,  se.  19  y.  6  m.  2  d. 

William,  only  son  John  W.  and  Mary.     Killed  by  a  horse  Apr.  18, 186 1 , 
se.  IS  y.  2  m.  12  d. 
Temple— Gilbert,  d.  Apr.  6,  1863,  se.  59  y. 
Twigg— Francis,  d.  Oct.  11,  1849,  se.  75  y. 

Ann  Wilcox,  wife  of,  d.  July  14, 1S58,  se.  79  y. 

John,  d.  Jan.  23,  1851,  oe.  43  y.     Fell  from  a  tree  while  trimming  it  at 
Wm.  Cooper's,  in  Blendon,  Franklin  Co.,  O. 

James,  son,  b.  Nov.  11, 1831,  d.  Oct.  15, 1871. 

Sasannah,  b.  Nov.  30,  1806,  d.  Oct.  14.  1892. 

Mary  Ann,  dau.,  b.  May  17,  1841,  d.  Nov.  J6,  1860. 

John,  b.  Apr.  7,  1803,  d.  May  22,  1883. 
Taylor— Lysander,  d.  July  11,  1884,  se.  65  y.  28  d. 
Wilbor — Eben,  son  of  Carma  and  Hannah,  d.  Jan.  9,  1819,  se.  7  y. 
Williams— Horace,  d.  July  15,  1832,  se.  32  y.  6  m.  6  d. 


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Wallace— Samuel  A.,  d.  Jan.  19, 
William  A.,  son,  d.  June  25, 


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se.  52  y.  4  m. 


1872,  se.  25  y.  6  m.  2  d. 


James  D.,  d.  Apr.  23,  1881,  se.  25  y.  1  ra. 

Charlotta  A.,  wife  of  J.  W.,  d.  Apr.  17,  1879,  se.  29  y.  8  m. 
Wilcox— Martin,  Co.  G,  88th  O.  V.  I. 

Charles  and  Travess,  sons  of  M.  A.  and  E.  M.,  d.  July  17,  1865. 
Wood— Anna  M.,  wife  of  W.  D.,  d.  Aug.  1,  1888,  se.  30  y.  6  m.  8  d. 
Waters— Charles,  d.  Dec.  1,  1843,  se.  51  y.  7  m.  14  d. 

Harriet,  wife,  d.  Sept.  17,  1S39,  se.  46  y.  7  m.  28  d. 

Marsella,  wile  of  R.  K.  Jameson,  d.  Mar.  20,  1851,  se.  27  y.  3  m.  8  d. 
William— Martha  C,  dau.  of  S.  and  B.,  d.  Oct.  31,  1875,  se.  19  y.  29  d. 

Frank  W.,  son.  d.  Mar.  8,  1879,  se.  16  y.  4  d. 
Yantis— W.  H.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1816,  d.  Oct.  24,  1891. 


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BORN  AT  CADIZ,  OHIO,  MAY  26th,  1852, 
DIED  AT  CHILLICOTHE,  OHIO,  JUNE  20th,  1906. 


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JY  the  death  of  Mr.  Hunter  this  Society 
loses  an  active  official,  a  generous  and 
faithful  friend  ;  the  City  of  Chillicothe 
a  public=spirited  and  liberal  citizen  ;  and  the  state 
of  Ohio  an  editor  of  large  and  sane  ideas,  a 
historian  of  repute,  learned  in  the  early  history 
and  traditions;  and  a  generous  citizen. 

Mr.  Hunter  attended  the  commencement 
exercises  at  Marietta,  on  the  13th,  delivered  an 
address,  "The  Birthright  of  General  Arthur  St. 
Clair,"  on  the  occasion  of  his  presentation  to  the 
College  of  a  portrait  of  Governor  St.  Clair,  and 
received  from  the  College  the  Honorary  Degree 
of  Master  of  Arts. 

On  the  evening  of  the  14th,  he  attended  in 
this  city  the  Quarterly  Meeting  of  this  Society. 
He  was  then  suffering  from  the  ailment  which 
caused  his  death. 

The  portrait  of  Mr.  Hunter,  with  a  full 
account  of  his  ancestry,  family  portraits,  and  a 
coat-of-arms  in  colors  appeared  in  Volume  VII 
(April,  1905)  of  the  Quarterly. 


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PROCEEDINGS   OF    THE   "OLD    NORTHWEST" 
GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 


Columbus,  Ohio,  April  12,  190<>. 

The  Society  met  in  Post  room  No.  3,  Franklin  County  Memorial  Hall. 
Present :  Messrs.  Taylor,  Ruggles,  Phelps,  Kersey,  Potter,  Medbery,  and 
the  Secretary. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice  President,  Col.  W.  A.  Taylor 
was  called  to  the  Chair.    The  minutes  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Treasurer  reported  concerning  the  finances  of  the  Society  ;  the  Libra- 
rian, concerning  the  removal  of  the  Library  to  the  Memorial  Hall;  Mr. 
Potter,  concerning  the  interviews  and  arrangements  with  the  County  Com- 
missioners, and  the  Secretary  concerning  the  acts  of  Mr.  Whayman. 

On  motion,  Messrs.  Phelps,  Ruggles  and  Medbery -were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  to  receive  any  charges  that  might  be  tiled  against  Mr.  Whayman, 
and  investigate  the  same,  and  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

On  motion  adjourned.  Frank  T.  Cole,  Seen  tar  >/. 


Columbus,  Ohio,  June  14,  1900. 

The  Society  met  in  quarterly  meeting  at  Post  room  No.  3,  Franklin  Coun- 
ty Memorial  Hall.  Present:  Messrs.  Ruggles,  Hunter,  Phelps,  Wheaton, 
Hills,  Kersey,  and  the  Secretary. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice  President,  Mr.  W.  H.  Hunter 
was  called  to  the  Chair.    The  minutes  were  read  and  approved. 

Messrs.  James  M.  Butler  and  William  G.  Benham  were  elected  active 
members. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  April  meeting  reported  that  charges 
had  been  filed  against  Mr.  Horace  W.  Whayman,  charging  him  with  em- 
bezzlement, and  submitted  the  charges  and  their  report,  as  follows: 

THE  CHARGES. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  May  22,  190f>. 

Committee  Appointed  to  Hear  and  Report  upon  Charges  to 

be  Filed  against  Horace  W.  Whayman,  Member  of 

the  "Old  Northwest  Genealogical  Society." 

To  II.  Warren  Phelps,  Geo.  L.  Buggies,  Boston  Medbury : 

Gentlemen: — I  hereby  make  and  file  charges  against  the  integrity  oi 
Horace  AV.  Whayman,  an  honorary  member  ot  the  Society,  to-wit: 

First — Mr.  Whayman  has  embezzled  the  funds  of  this  Society  committed 
to  his  care  by  the  debtors  of  the  Society,  in  the  sum  of  upwards  $150  (one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars),  a*  set  forth  in  the  following  exhibit: 

Amounts  paidto  II.  W.  Whayman  for  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogi- 
cal Society,  by  Mrs.  E.  S.  Shepardson,  Treasurer  of  the  Granville  Centennial 
Asssociation  : 


1900.]  Proceedings  of  Society.  273 

1905— July  19th.    Portrait  plates $  16.50 

July  26th.              "    *          40.66 

Aug.    8th.               "               25.00 

Aug.  16th.               "               24.24 

Aug.  19th.              "                25.00 

Sept.  13th.     Extra  books  and  printing,  Champlin  Co 40.00 

Oct.     2nd.     Balance  on  Champlin  Co.  bill 12.50 

Total $183.80 

Second — The  said  Whayman  collected  from  Mrs.  E.  S.  Shepardson  and 
Mrs.  Burton  Case  $-5.00  each,  the  same  being  the  admission  fees  of  the  said 
persons  to  this  Society.  All  of  these  said  sums  said  Whayman  has  embez- 
zled and  failed  to  pay  to  this  Society. 

Third — The  said  Whayman  has  by  means  of  worthless  checks  swindled 
various  members  of  this  Society  of  certain  sums  of  money. 

Fourth — The  said  Whayman,  while  living  in  the  village  of  Granville  dur- 
ing the  past  year,  has  falsely  represented  himself  to  be  an  agent  of  this 
Society,  and  has  exhibited  false  credentials  purporting  to  show  his  identity 
as  agent  of  the  Society  and  has  left  the  said  village,  leaving  large  sums  of 
money  unpaid  and  has  thereby  brought  disgrace  upon  this  Society. 

Fifth — The  whereabouts  of  the  said  Whayman  are  now  unknown,  even 
to  the  postal  authorities,  and  letters  directed  to  him  at  Granville  are  re- 
turned endorsed  "  removed,  left  no  address." 

Wherefore  I  demand  the  expulsion  of  the  said  Whayman  from  this 
Society  and  the  removal  of  his  name  from  the  list  of  its  members,  and  the 
publication  of  these  proceedings  in  the  minutes  of  this  Society. 

Respectfully  submitted,  Frank  T.  Cole. 

THE  REPORT. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  June  14th,  1906. 

In  the  matter  of  the  charges  which  have  been  brought  against  Horace 
W.  Whayman,  who  is  a  member  of  the  "  Old  Northwest "  Genealogical 
Society,  located  in  the  county  of  Franklin,  State  of  Ohio,  and  is  borne  upon 
the  roll  of  said  Society  as  an  honorable  member,  by  Frank  T.  Cole,  Secre- 
tary of  the  said  mentioned  Society,  charging  the  said  Horace  W.  Whayman 
with  embezzlement  from  the  funds  of  the  "  Old  Northwest "  Genealogical 
Society  in  the  sum  of  $183.80  (one  hundred  eighty-three  dollars  and  eighty 
cents).  We,  the  committee,  appointed  by  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogi- 
cal Society,  at  the  regular  meeting,  held  at  its  regular  qnartarly  meeting 
place  on  the  night  of  April  14,  1906,  to  hear  and  make  report  upon  charges 
which  might  be  tiled  against  the  said  Horace  W.  Whayman,  honorable 
member  of  the  Society.  Alter  carefully  investigating  the  charges  made 
that  the  said  Horace  W.  Whayman  did,  without  proper  authority  or  any 
authority  from  the  Society  of  the  "  Old  Northwest  "  Genealogical  Society, 
collect  the  sums  of  money,  $16.40,  $40.66,  $25, 24.24,  25,  $40,  $12.50— $1  S3. 50, 
and  did  not  pay  the  said  sums  of  money  amounting  in  total  to  §183.80 
(one  hundred  eighty-three  dollars  and  eignty  cents),  to  either  the  Secretary 
or  the  Treasurer  of  the  "  Old  Northwest"  Genealogical  Society. 

These  sums  of  money  were  collected,  as  charged  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
"  Old  Northwest ;V  Genealogical  Society,  from  citizens  "of  the  village  of  Gran- 
ville, Ohio,  who  were  organized  in  an  association  in  the  year  of  1905  to  cele- 
brate the  100th  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  Granville,  Ohio,  and  the 
sums  were  paid  to  the  said  Horace  W.  Whayman,  by  the  Treasurer  of  the 
association,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Shepardson,  so  charged  by  Frank  T.  Cole,  Secretary 
of  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogical  Society,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  without 
proper  or  any  authority  from  the  Society  or  its  officers. 


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Second:  It  is  charged  that  Horace  TV.  Whayman  collected  from  Mrs,  \  . 
S.  Shepardson  and  Mrs.  Burton  Case  the  sums  of  £5  (five  dollars)  each,  tin 
same  being  the  admission  fees,  upon  the  application  of  these  two  women 
as  members,  or  to  become  members,  of  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogical 
Society;  and  the  said  Horace  W.  Whayman  did  not  pay  the  same,  fe<  - 
amounting  to  $10  (ten  dollars)  to  the  Secretary  or  Treasurer  to  this  Society. 

The  said  Horace  W.  Whayman  is  also  charged  with  getting  credit  from 
the  jjeople,  some  of  them  of  the  village  of  Granville,  upon  the  strength  >,{ 
his  being  a  member  of  this  Society ;  and  has  used  this  Society  for  purposes 
of  gain  to  himself,  and  has  contracted  debts  which  he  has  failed  to  pay, 'ami 
his  whereabouts  now  are  reported  to  be  unknown  to  the  said  creditors  and 
is  unknown  to  this  committee. 

We,  the  committee,  after  a  careful  investigation  of  the  charges  made 
against  the  said  Horace  W.  Whay  man,  and  the  character  of  the  man,  do 
recommend  that  he  be  expelled  from  the  "Old  Northwest"  Genealogical 
Society  and  that  his  name  be  stricken  from  the  rolls  ;  and  that  such  notice 
of  the  action  be  printed  in  the  next  issue  of  the  Quarterly,  and  that  notice 
of  same  be  given  to  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  Columbus,  Ohio,  newspapers. 

H;  Warren  Phelps, 
Geo.  L.  Rtjggles, 

Investigating  Committee. 

Whereupon,  upon  motion,  those  present  unanimously  voted  to  adopt 
the  report  and  expel  Horace  W.  Whayman  from  the  Society. 
On  motion  adjourned. 

Frank  T.  Cole,  Secretary. 


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THE  "OLD  NORTHWEST" 

GENEALOGICAL  QUARTERLY. 


OCTOBER,   1906. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY  OF  ALLEN  TRIMBLE. 

(Continued  from  page  226.) 

There  was  at  the  time  a  number  of  Indians  encamped  in  the 
neighborhood,  making  a  fall  hunt.  We  called  at  one  of  those 
encampments.  Mr.  Hill,  who  had  made  the  acquaintance  of 
the  most  of  those  hunters,  introduced  my  father.  He  called 
him,  as  they  used  the  word  generally  for  anyone  who  had  been 
in  the  Indian  wars,  "Captain  Trimble,"  introducing  him  to 
Capt.  John,  who  spoke  very  broken,  "Pigeon"  English.  He 
took  father  by  the  hand,  uttering  a  very  distinct,  ' '  How  do  you 
do? "  They  had  a  long  and  spirited  conversation.  For  instance, 
father  telling  him  that  he  had  been  taken  prisoner  when  a  boy  in 
the  old  commonwealth  of  Virginia  by  a  band  of  Indians  com- 
manded by  a  white  man,  who  had  the  name  of  Dickerson,  brought 
over  the  Alleghenies,  and  also  rescued  by  white  men,  some  days 
later.  He  told  Captain  John  that  the  Indians  had  two  boys  with 
them,  one  of  whom  was  killed,  etc. 

At  the  name  of  Dickerson,  Captain  John  seized  my  father  by 
the  hand.  "We  brothers,  we  fight  no  more.  Me  know  Dicker- 
son,  me  know  you.  Dickerson  velly  bad  manne;  he  kill  his 
squaws  for  not  taking  good  meats  for  his  teppe.  Dickerson 
velly  bad  manne,  me  kill  Dickerson  in  long  years  }go  for  he  whippe 
my  girle  his  squaw,  me  velly  mad,  velly  mad.  We  brothers, 
now,  me  fight  Cap.  Trimble  no  more,  etc." 

Father  was  satisfied  that  Captain  John  was  one  of  the  boys 
that  accompanied  Dickinson  on  the  raid,  or  occasion  to  which 
I  have  referred.  However,  he  was  cautious  and  ended  the  con- 
versation by  telling  Captain  John  that  he  intended  to  remove 
from  Kentucky,  where  his  family  lived  at  present,  and  go  to  the 
North-west  Territory,  and  asked  him  where  he  would  advise  him 
to  settle.     Captain  John,  said  in  reply  as  follows: 


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"All  velly  good  places;  Pickaway,  Chillicothe,  good  ole  town; 
corn  grow  velly  good;  squaw  make  plenty,  but  Indian  shake  velly 
much,  velly  sick;  then  come  up  Paint  Creek  and  Rocky  Fork  to 
hunt,  get  strong,  eat  a  plenty,  no  more  shakey  that  year." 

Although  the  face  of  the  country  indicated  what  the  old  Indian 
had  so  well  described,  his  experience  gave  weight  to  his  remarks, 
and,  I  doubt  not,  had  some  influence  with  father's  decision  to 
settle  in  Highland  County.  The  lands  which  he  had  purchased 
on  Paint  and  Scioto  creeks  were  very  rich,  resembling  the  Ken- 
tucky lands,  and  much  more  inviting  than  those  of  Highland 
County,  but  after  witnessing  the  numerous  cases  of  fever  and  ague 
in  the  Scioto  Valley  and  from  Chillicothe  up  Paint  Creek  to  the 
Falls,  he  did  not  hesitate  in  making  his  decision. 

The  territorial  session  was  in  Chillicothe,  wdiere  we  spent  a  few 
days  and  made  the  acquaintance  of  several  distinguished  men, 
Massie,  Langham,  Bateman,  Tiffin,  Worthington,  General  Me- 
Arthur,  etc. 

As  before  remarked,  I  concurred  with  mother  upon  the  ques- 
tion of  freeing  the  slaves  and  also  removing  to  the  North-western 
territory,  but  feeling  it  my  duty  to  submit  to  the  superior  judg- 
ment of  my  father,  I  had  concluded  that,  if  on  viewing  the  new 
country,  I  could  see  my  prospect  or  any  prospect  of  making  a 
comfortable  living,  I  would  embrace  it  at  once,  for,  having  studied 
surveying  at  our  home  school,  I  concluded  to  seek  employment 
as  a  Deputy-surveyor,  under  General  Massie  or  General  McAr- 
thur. 

So  I  immediately  mentioned  the  subject  to  General  McArthur, 
who  was  with  father  for  several  days  surveying  his  Scioto  and 
Paint  Creek  lands.  The  General  said  he  would  not  advise  me  to 
engage  in  the  laborious  business  of  surveying  in  the  feeble  condi- 
tion of  my  health,  as  a  mere  boy.  My  constitution  not  apparent- 
ly strong  and,  as  he  had  learned,  somewhat  injured  by  overexer- 
tion, he  thought  the  exposure  to  which  I  would  be  subjected  as  a 
surveyor  might  operate  somewhat  injuriously  in  the  end,  rather 
than  acting  favourably  to  the  renewal  of  my  health.  So  I  took 
his  advice  for  the  present,  at  any  rate. 

The  overexertion,  referred  to  by  him,  occurred  during  the  pre- 
vious harvest.  I  was  one  of  fifteen  hands  reaping  wheat  with 
the  old-fashioned  cradle-scythe.  The  day  was  excessively  hot 
and  warm.  The  wheat  was  heavy  and  you  must  remember  1 
was  yet  in  my  teens,  and  not  a  first  rate  reaper,  and  it  required 


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great  exertion  to  keep  up  with  the  company,  all  of  whom  were 
first  rate  reapers,  myself  being  the  exception,  But  I  could  bind 
more  rapidly  than  any  man  in  the  big  field  and  took  the  lead  in 
the  last  trial  through  the  long  rows  of  shocks  of  wheat;  and  in 
the  end  I  won  the  race,  ran  to  a  cool  spring  near  the  "Outcome, " 
and  foolishly  drank  a  hearty  draught  of  cold  water. 

Not  being  very  robust,  I  was  taken  immediately  with  cramps 
of  the  stomach  and  carried  to  the  house  speechless.  But  after 
bathing  and  being  rubbed  for  some  time,  I  recovered  my  speech, 
but  my  system  was  severely  dazed  and  I  was  threatened  with 
permanent  debility. 

I  recovered  slowly,  but  when  father  started  to  Ohio,  I  was  able 
to  ride  thirty  miles  each  day  and  thus  continued  to  improve 
and  on  our  return  could  ride  forty  miles  in  a  day  without  much 
pain  to  me  in  any  way.  but  I  was  still  unable  to  work  very  hard, 
or  to  attend  school  profitably.  But  in  order  not  to  lose  time,  I 
began  to  review  what  I  had  previously  learned,  but  I  am  sorry 
to  state,  without  much  profit  to  myself. 

In  the  spring  I  undertook  to  work  on  the  farm,  but  could  not 
stand  it.  I  went  to  the  Olimpian  Springs,  in  Montgomery  County 
Kentucky,  which  is  a  watering  place  of  some  celebrity,  and 
spent  July  and  August  there  without  much  benefit.  In  the 
Autumn  of  1S02  I  again  accompanied  my  father  to  Ohio,  which 
^was  a  second  reconnoisance  of  our  lands,  and  spent  some  time 
in  Chillicothe  whilst  the  convention  that  founded  the  Constitu- 
tion of  Ohio,  were  in  session,  made  the  acquaintance  of  several 
of  the  members,  and  returned  home  late  in  December,  my  health 
still  delicate  but  somewhat  improved.  One  physician,  Dr. 
Brown,  advised  that  I  should  continue  to  travel,  and  it  was 
agreed  in  the  family  counsel  that  I  should  go  to  Virginia  and 
spend  the  winter  with  some  of  our  numerous  relatives. 

So  I  was  soon  equipped  for  the  long  journey  and  on  the  way 
on  the  — th  of  December,  and  thus  I  set  out  for  a  second  trip 
alone  on  horseback  to  Staunton,  via  Crab  Orchard  and  Cumber- 
land Gap,  etc.  I  was  on  the  "Wilderness  Trail,"  over  which 
my"  parents  had  travelled  in  the  year  1784.  On  the  second  day 
I  passed  the  old  Crab  Orchard  and  reached  Lunkfords  Station, 
on  the  Rock  Castle  river.  During  the  night  it. rained  constantly 
and  very  heavily.  In  the  morning  the  river  was  too  high  to  be 
forded  and  it  was  rising  very  rapidly.  A  canoe  was  the  only 
water  craft  kept  at  the  old  Ferry  and  the  mode  of  crossing  was 


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to  swim  the  horse  by  the  side  of  the  canoe,  and  Mr.  Lunkford 
said  to  me  it  would  be  almost  impossible  (while  so  much  drift- 
wood was  upon  the  river)  to  cross,  even  wTith  the  canoe  without 
the  horse,  but  he  said  to  me, ' '  Even  if  I  were  over  big  Rock  Castle 
I  would  still  have  little  Rock  Castle,  Raccoon  and  Stinking  creeks 
to  cross,  where  there  was  no  Ferry  canoe  or  any  person  living, 
and  they  wTould  each  be  too  high  to  ford.  I  therefore  concluded 
to  content  myself  with  Mr.  Lunkford  until  the  raging  waters 
could  be  crossed.  About  9  o'clock  an  elderly  man  rode  up  and 
called  for  the  ferryman.  Mr.  Lunkford  went  to  the  door  and  the 
traveller  told  him  that  he  wanted  to  cross  the  river.  He  had 
seven  horses  tied  "head  and  tail,"  as  we  used  to  call  it,  and  he 
himself  was  riding  the  eighth  horse,  leading  the  foremost. 

Our  ferryman,  Lunkford,  told  him  the  river  wTas  very  high, 
and  also  it  was  filled  with  dangerous  driftwood;  and  he,  himself 
would  not  take  the  risk  of  crossing.  But  the  old  gentleman, 
(Mr.  Davis,  by  name,  as  we  learned  afterwards)  said  he  would 
take  the  risk,  and  taking  out  a  bottle  of  whisky  from  his  coat 
pocket  and  another  one  out  of  his  saddle-bags,  first  treated  him- 
self and  then  as  many  of  the  company  as  choose  to  take  a  drink, 
and  then  started  towards  the  ferry  or  ford.  Then  Lunkford, 
with  several  men  and  boys,  that  had  fallen  in  to  take  their  morn- 
ing dram  at  the  expense  of  the  old  gentleman  followed. 

I  walked  down  to  the  ferry  also  with  the  landlord.  Then  Mr. 
Davis  dismounted,  took  off  his  saddle-bags,  put  them  carefully 
in  the  canoe,  then  called  Lunkford  to  loosen  the  cable  holding 
the  canoe  to  the  shore,  and,  having  tied  the  halter  of  the  lead- 
ing horse  round  his  neck,  requested  the  bystanders  that  just  as 
soon  as  the  canoe  set  off  with  his  riding  horse  (which  he  led  by 
the  side  of  the  boat),  to  drive  in,  or  force,  the  leading  horse 
with  the  other  six,  tied  as  we  have  before  mentioned,  immediately 
after  or  behind  the  "leader." 

Away  went  the  canoe!  Lunkford,  Davis  and  his  one  saddle- 
horse,  followed  by  the  seven  all  in  a  string,  close  after  each. other; 
and  they  would  have  gone  over  safely,  had  not  a  large  log,  drifting 
down  stream,  struck  or  floated  right  into  the  third  horse  and  bore 
the  whole  seven  down  stream,  tumbling  them  over  each 
other,  with  heels  and  head  up  alternately  and  apparently  des- 
tined to  be  a  total  wreck.  But  by  good  fortune  at  a  bend  in  the 
river,  they  were  all  drifted  into  an  eddy  very  near  to  the  shore, 
and  a  resolute  young  fellow,  who  by  good  luck  happened  to  be 


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on  the  spot,  plunged  into  the  water  and  cut  the  haulters  and  thus 
saved  the  horses  for  friend  Davis.  Then  getting  them  out  on 
the  dry  sand  on  the  same  side  of  the  river,  which  they  entered, 
Lunkford  succeeded  in  saving  Davis  and  his  saddle-horse  on 
the  opposite  bank  of  the  river,  and  then  returned  himself.  I 
had  determined  to  take  the  risk  of  crossing  the  river  and  had  my 
horse  ready  to  launch  when  the  canoe  returned. 

The  loose  horses  of  Mr.  Davis,  driven  into  the  river,  and  see- 
ing both  their  master  and  his  saddle  horse  on  the  opposite  bank, 
swam  to  them  and  I  followed,  my  noble  horse  swimming  by  the 
side  of  the  canoe.  Mr.  Lunkford  remarked,  when  we  had  gotten 
over  the  river,  that  I  need  not  fear  to  cross  deep  water  on  such 
a  fine  horse  as  I  rode,  for  he  swam  like  a  duck.  So  I  told  Mr. 
Davis  that  I  had  determined  to  put  myself  under  his  command 
and,  as  he  knew  the  road,  if  he  would  lead  off,  I  would  drive  his 
loose  horses  and  save  him  the  trouble  of  mending  his  seven  hal- 
ters, which  were  so  very  badly  cut  up. 

He  thanked  me  and  said  that  he  would  do  his  best  to  conduct 
me  safely  through  the  long  "Wilderness,"  which  we  had  then 
fairly  entered.  Seven  miles  brought  us  to  Little  Rock  Castle. 
Mr.  Davis  said  that  it  would  swim  his  horses  and  would  have 
to  be  crossed  three  times,  and  that  two  of  the  crossings  could  be 
avoided  by  going  round  a  bend  of  the  river,  but  which  would 
make  four  more  miles  of  travel*  but  if  I  preferred  it,  we  would  go 
round  the  bend.  I  told  him,  in  reply,  that  although  my  horse 
had  proven  himself  to  be  a  good  swimmer,  as  I  could  not  then 
swim  myself,  and  as  my  health  was  feeble  then  as  a  mere  lad, 
I  wTould  rather  avoid  exposure  and  grave  danger  except  where 
absolutely  necessary. 

So  we  took  the  circuitous  route.  We  then  reached  the  crossing 
which  we  could  not  avoid  very  late  in  the  day.  The  water,  on 
the  side  we  had  entered,  covered  a  large  bottom,  fully  fifty  yards 
wide,  and  reached  our  saddle  skirts.  Mr.  Davis  called  my  at- 
tention to  a  large  tree  that  lay  across  the  channel  of  the  stream, 
which  was  used  as  a  foot-log  or  bridge,  and  he  advised  me  to 
ride  to  the  stump,  dismount,  take  off  my  saddle-bags,  let  my 
horse  follow  him,  and  walk  over  on  the  fallen  tree.  So  I  took 
his  advice,  but  whilst  fixing  the  reins  of  the  bridle  round  my 
horses'  neck,  he  became  restless  and  pulled  me  off  the  stump  into 
the  water,  which  was  five  feet  deep.     But  by  good  fortune  I  let 


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him  go  and  recovered  my  position  upon  the  old  stump,  then 
shouldered  my  baggage  and  crossed  upon  the  tree. 

I  was  apprehensive  that  travelling  under  such  circumstances 
would  not  improve  my  health.  Then  Mr.  Davis  drew  out  his 
bottle  of  whiskey  and,  for  the  first  time,  I  joined  him  in  a  hearty 
"here  goes  for  a  better  acquaintance." 

I  was  soon  in  the  saddle  again  and  although  pretty  thoroughly 
wet  did  not  feel  uncomfortable  until  the  spirits  from  friend  Da- 
vis' bottle  began  to  die.  It  was  a  cold  day,  but  I  thought  the 
thermometer  had  certainly  fallen  much  below  the  freezing  point. 
After  we  had  finished  swimming  the  rapid  little  stream,  called 
"Stinking  Creek,"  and  before  we  had  reached  our  lodging  place, 
I  was  chilled,  my  teeth  in  motion,  or  chattering,  my  buckskin 
pantaloons  frozen  to  my  legs,  and  even  in  many  places  they  were 
adhering  to  my  saddle,  but  aided  by  the  kindness  of  the  good 
landlord,  I  was  soon  extricated  and  seated  by  a  comfortable  fire. 

Mr.  Davis,  after  having  our  good  horses  cared  for,  came  in, 
and  invited 'me  to  take  some  more  spirits,  but  my  head  was  so 
affected  with  what  I  had  already  taken  (for  indeed  it  ached  vio- 
lently), I  therefore  declined.  I  requested  the  landlord  to  make 
a  strong  cup  of  tea  for  me.  But  the  landlady  said  to  her  husband 
that  she  had  no  tea  or  coffee,  but  that  she  could  make  me  some 
"yarb"  tea.  I  inquired  what  kind  of  "yarb"  tea.  She  said, 
"Sassa-frax"  yarb.  I  told  her  to  prepare  at  least  a  quart  cup 
for  me  alone  and  that  just  as  soon  as  possible.  I  also  saw  a  string 
of  red  pepper  pods,  suspended  from  the  joist  and  I  recollected 
that  our  old  Guinea  negress  who  belonged  to  my  father  often 
used  red  pepper  in  making  "sassa-frax"  tea  and  mixed  it  with 
Seneca  snake  root  for  colds,  which  we  had  found  at  home  very 
effective.  So  I  inquired  of  the  landlady  if  she  had  any  snake 
root.  "No,  there  was  none  in  her  house."  I  then  requested 
our  hostess  to  put  a  pod  of  redpepper  in  the  tea,  which  she  was 
preparing  for  me.  It  was  done  as  I  had  directed,  and  I  have  no 
doubt  at  all  that  the  highly  peppered  tea,  drank  on  that  occasion, 
prevented  me  from  taking  a  deeply  seated  cold. 

I  was  at  a  loss  to  determine  how  to  manage  my  leather  panta- 
loons; how  to  dry  them  whilst  I  had  them  on,  for  I  would  not  be 
able  to  take  them  off.  And  to  take  them  off  and  dry  them,  I 
would  not  in  any  way  be  able  to  get  them  on  again.  But  the 
landlord,  who  as  most  hunters  were  in  those  days,  was  a  skin 
dresser,  said  to  me,  if  I  would  take  them  off,  he  would  dry  them 


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and  have  them  ready  for  me  in  the  morning,  just  as  large  and  soft 
as  they  were  before  getting  wet;  and  he  did  so,  by  drying  them 
slowly  and  rubbing  them  with  a  broad  smooth  rubbing  board, 
which  he  used  in  dressing  deer  skins. 

Mr.  Davis  and  I  slept  or  lay  on  a  straw  bed,  which  was  laid 
on  a  rough  slab  of  wood,  just  in  front  of  the  fire.  Mr.  Davis 
was  up  very  early  and  had  our  horses  fed,  and  the  madam  had 
for  us  an  early  breakfast,  which  was  composed  of  choice  venison, 
bear  meat,  and  johnny  cake,  with  ' '  Sassa-frax"  tea, ' '  to  work  it 
down,"  as  she  said  playfully  to  him;  and  we  started  with  friend 
Davis  in  the  lead.  When  we  reached  the  "Raccoon"  Creek, 
Mr.  Davis  said  there  was  no  alternative  and  went  plunging 
through,  swimming  from  bank  to  bank,  and  I  followed  and  got 
very  wet,  up  to  my  knees.  Then  we  crossed  several  streams, 
some  of  which  had  fallen  so  as  to  be  forded  by  our  horses,  but  sad 
to  relate,  our  feet  and  legs  were  wet  all  day.  That  night  we  had 
a  more  comfortable  lodging,  and  the  next  day  a  more  comfortable 
ride,  crossing  the  Cumberland  river  on  a  boat,  with  our  two 
horses  swimming  on  each  side,  and  then  reached,  after  crossing 
the  Cumberland  Mountain,  the  beautiful  Powell's  Valley.  The 
next  day  we  crossed  the  Powell  river,  also  on  a  boat  and  reached 
Claiborne  Court  House,  in  Tennessee,  at  which  place  I  parted 
with  Mr.  Davis,  who  resided  in  the  state  of  Tennessee,  and  was 
within  fifty  miles  of  his  home.  He  was.  as  most  pioneers  are, 
a  bold,  enterprising  man,  who  had,  for  the  past  several  years, 
been  engaged  in  the  horse  trading  business. 

Now  the  landlord  at  Claiborne  Court  House,  had,  during  the 
previous  night,  entertained  us  with  stories  of  recent  robberies 
and  murders,  committed  upon  the  Knoxville  and  Virginia  roads. 
One  of  which  was  between  Beans  Station  and  Rogersville,  in  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  and  the  other  between  Lexington,  Kentucky, 
and  Staunton,  Virginia,  just  the  road  which  I  intended  to  pass 
over. 

The  first  one  mentioned  was  an  attempt  to  murder  and  rob  a 
Western  merchant,  who  was  on  his  way  to  Baltimore.  He  put 
up  for  the  night  at  a  noted  Tavern,  and  feeling  no  apprehension 
of  any  danger,  gave  his  saddle-bags  and  pistols  to  the  landlord 
for  safe  keeping.  After  an  early  breakfast  he  started  upon  his 
journey.  During  the  morning  he  saw,  or  thought  he  saw,  in  the 
conduct  of  the  family  something  that  he  could  not  account  for, 
and  as  soon  as  he  was  out  of  sight  of  the  house  he  examined  his 


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saddle-bags,  but  finding  nothing  amiss,  he  proceeded,  however, 
meditating  upon  the  subject  for  a  short  distance,  when  the 
thought  struck  him  of  examining  his  pistols,  and  he  found  that 
the  powder  had  been  thrown  out  of  the  pan  of  each  one  and  wood 
ashes  put  in  its  place,  and  also  that  the  loads  and  balls  had  been 
drawn  from  each  chamber  and  the  place  also  supplied  of  each  with 
ashes  and  brown  paper. 

He  immediately  cleaned  and  reloaded  his  two  pistols  and  rode 
on.  Just  about  two  miles  from  the  tavern,  two  men,  blackened, 
were  secreted  behind  a  large  tree,  very  close  to  the  roadside. 
And  when  the  traveller  came  up,  they  each  stepped  out,  one 
catching  the  horse  by  the  bridle,  whilst  the  other  presented  his 
cocked  rifle  and  demanded  his  money. 

The  traveller  said  he  had  some  money,  and  if  they  must  have  it, 
he  would  give  them  the  trouble  of  breaking  his  saddle-bags  and, 
taking  them  from  under  him,  pitched  them  over  his  horses  head 
on  to  the  road  in  front  of  the  two  robbers. 

Then  the  man  who  held  the  horse,  let  the  bridle  go  and  the 
other  set  his  rifle  against  a  tree  and  both  of  them  stooped  over 
the  saddle-bags.  Then  the  merchant,  who  had  his  pistols  all 
ready  to  be  seized  in  a  moment,  quickly  drew  one  of  them  and 
made  such  good  aim  that  he  shot  the  younger  robber  through 
the  heart.  The  other  man  ran  immediately,  even  leaving  his 
rifle  still  standing  against  the  big  tree,  behind  which  they  had 
concealed  themselves,  as  the  merchant  rode  up. 

Then  the  merchant  secured  both  rifles  and  leaving  his  saddle- 
bags still  in  the  road,  with  the  dead,  robber  lying  upon  them, 
rode  back  to  the  Tavern  where  he  had  lodged  and  quickly  called 
the  landlord  and  told  him  that  he  had  killed  a  man  who  had 
attempted  to  rob  him. 

The  landlady  looking  out  of  a  window,  cried  out:  "Oh!  It  is 
my  son."  The  landlord,  with  two  of  his  negroes,  accompanied 
the  merchant  to  the  fatal  spot.  Then  the  merchant  proposed 
to  have  the  matter  investigated,  but  it  was  declined  and  he  was 
advised  by  the  landlord  to  take  his  saddle-bags  and  depart,  and 
he  did  so.  It  was  said  that  one  of  the  landlord's  sons  was  never 
seen  after  this  occurrence.  The  family  reported  that  he  had  gone 
to  the  new  Mississippi  country. 

The  other  case  referred  to,  was  more  disastrous  and  fatal  to 
the  traveler,  which  occurred  in  this  manner.  A  merchant  named 
Staley,  on  his  way  from    Western  Virginia  to  the  city  of  Balti- 


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more  fell  in  company  with  a  man  on  horseback,  who  professed 
to  be  travelling  to  Maryland.  They,  therefore,  without  Staley 
apprehending  any  danger,  continued  for  some  two  or  three  days 
together.  Mr.  Staley  had  a  considerable  sum  of  money  with  him, 
and  was  also  doubly  armed,  both  carrying  two  pocket  pistols 
and  a  fine  new  rifle  and  his  strange  companion  and  comrade,  who 
had  made  himself  very  agreeable  and  obliging,  and  had  also  on 
two  previous  occasions  relieved  Mr.  Staley  by  carrying  his  rifle, 
again  tendered  his  services,  this  being  the  third  time,  by  offering 
to  carry  his  rifle.  So  Staley  again  handed  him  the  rifle,  not  even 
suspecting  any  danger.  They  soon  entered  upon  a  part  of  the 
road,  which  is  between  Lexington  and  Staunton,  in  Augusta 
County,  and  not  near  by  any  dwelling.  i  The  assassin  dropped 
behind  Staley  and  suddenly  shot  him  through  the  body.  '  Then 
Staley 's  horse  earned  him  some  thirty  yards  from  the  road, 
where  he  was  afterwards  found  with  his  horse  still  standing  by 
his  dead  body,  with  bridle,  saddle  and  saddle-bags.  And  the 
assassin's  horse  and  equipage  also  found  but  never  claimed  by 
any  one  and  he,  himself,  was  never  found  there  or  anywhere  else; 
nor  in  those  early  days,  could  the  officers  long  search  for  any  one. 

Although  two  such  occurrences  were  calculated  to  alarm  a 
young  traveller,  I  did  not  feel  that  I  was  in  very  much  danger, 
having  but  money  enough  by  me  to  bear  my  expenses.  My  only 
fear  was,  that  some  fellow  might  fancy  my  fine  horse  (which, 
indeed,  was  a  rather  fine  one,  above  the  common  run  of  horses  in 
those  days),  and  thus  steal  him. 

I  left  Claibourne  Court  House  and  arrived  at  Clinch  river  at 
about  nine  a.  m.  Here  my  parents  and  family,  with  emigrants 
from  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  in  October,  17S4,  crossed  this 
mountain  stream,  and  it  was  here  that  my  mother  was  so  mir- 
aculously preserved  with  her  two  little  children,  and  borne  across 
this  frightful  chasm  of  rocks  and  billows  by  her  noble  and  spirited 
horse.  I  felt  that  I  was  a  child  of  Providence,  and  should  never, 
no  never,  distrust  the  goodness  and  great  mercy  of  Almighty 
God,  and  the  efficacy  of  a  mother's  prayer.  ,; 

And  I  had  afterwards  heard,  not  only  my  mother,  but  from 
others  who  witnessed  the  frightful  occasion  and  also  the  occur- 
rence, but  I  had  formed  no  correct  idea  of  the  actual  hazard 
and  the  apparent  impossibility  of  any  horse  (even  Beucephalus 
himself)  successfully  stemming  a  torrent  of  water,  upwards  of 
200  yards  broad,  rolling  and  tumbling  over  and  around  rocks, 


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some  of  them  towering  above  the  highest  water,  and  bearing  his 
sacred  charge  of  three  human  beings  safely  to  the  opposite  shore. 
And  it  must  have  been  an  exciting  scene  to  those  who  witnessed 
it;  for  the  very  thought  of  the  reality  made  the  cold  chills  run 
over  me.  I  left,  reflecting  upon  the  dangers  and  difficulties  en- 
countered by  the  first  emigrants  to  Kentucky ;  and  felt  proud  that 
I  was  a  descendant  of  such  a  bold  and  enterprising  race  of  good 
honest  people. 

I  reached  Beans  Station  after  crossing  the  river  and  Clinch 
mountain,  and  put  up  with  Mr.  Gordon,  the  Inn  keeper.  When 
leaving  in  the  morning  Mr.  Gordon  gave  me  a  particular  descrip- 
tion of  the  place  where  the  merchant  was  attacked  by  the  two 
robbers  which  I  have  before  referred  to.  This  was  one  of  the 
coldest  days  I  had  ever  travelled.  I  passed  the  tavern  at  which 
the  merchant  lodged  on  the  night  before  he  was  attacked,  and 
I  was  strongly  inclined  to  call  and  warm  msyelf.  But  I  did  not, 
and  as  I  passed  the  fatal  spot  referred  to,  I  was  struck  with  the 
suitableness  of  the  situation  for  a  deed  of  darkness  and  murder. 
A  thick  forest,  large  Pine  trees  scorched  black  and  the  tree  be- 
hind which  the  two  robbers  stood,  was  in  the  center  of  the  road. 

I  reached  Rogersville  and  put  up  with  the  proprietor  of  the 
town,  Mr.  Rogers,  who  was  one  of  the  most  obliging  landlords 
I  have  ever  met  with. 

I  parted  in  the  morning  with  my  warm  hearted  Irish  host,  who 
invoked  a  blessing  upon  the  young  traveller.  As  I  passed  a  tav- 
ern in  the  village,  I  observed  a  gentleman  mounted  and  about 
to  start,  leading  a  horse  with  a  pack,  lashed  on  a  pack-saddle. 
So  I  rode  up  and  inquired  if  he  was  travelling  towards  Staunton. 
He  replied  that  he  had  to  learn  the  road  himself  and  that  he 
would  not  be  company  for  me.  I  saw  in  a  moment  that  the  re- 
cent murder  of  Staley  was  operating  upon  his  mind  and  he  feared 
that  I  might  kill  him  for  his  money,  which  he  was  packing  (in 
Spanish  coin  upon  his  led  horse). 

He  remarked  to  me  that  he  had  business  off  the  road,  and  would 
not  be  company  for  me.  I  saw  in  a  moment  that  the  fact  that 
Staley  had  been  killed  by  a  "travelling  companion"  was  the 
thing  which  in  fact  operated  most  on  his  fearful  and  timid  mind. 
The  report  had  reached  his  ears  and  had  very  much  influenced 
his  fears.  So  I  rode  on  alone  and  saw  no  more  of  the  aflrighted 
merchant. 


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The  day  was  piercing  cold.  I  reached  Ross  Iron  Works  and 
the  Hamilton  river.  There  was  but  one  hotel  there  and  it  was 
filled  with  the  hands  of  the  Iron  Works,  whom  that  day  had  a 
holiday,  because  the  water  had  frozen  and  stopped  their  machin- 
ery. They  were  drinking,  singing  and  swearing  at  an  alarming 
rate.  The  scene  came  nearer  the  ideas  I  had  formed  of  hell  than 
any  I  had  ever  before  witnessed.  I  got  a  bad  night's  rest, 
started  the  next  morning  early  and  that  day  reached  the  home 
of  my  father's  half  sister,  Mrs.  Estell,  who  had  been  with  him  a 
captive  among  the  Indians,  as  children.  Having  lost  her  husband 
she  was  married  to  a  farmer  of  good  reputation,  Mr.  Edmonson, 
who  resided  near  Abington,  Va.  She  told  me  more  of  their 
captivity  than  my  father.  She  was  kind  to  me  and  I  enjoyed  my 
visit  very  much,  and  on  the  2nd  day  from  my  aunt's  I  passed 
again  the  spot  where  Staley  had  been  assassinated  by  his  com- 
panion, and  the  next  day  I  rode  15  miles  to  a  hotel  which  was 
said  to  be  respectable,  for  my  breakfast.  I  asked  the  landlord  if 
I  could  have  my  horse  fed.  He  said:  "Yoh."  But  I  did  not 
like  his  looks.  He  was  the  first  "Duncard"  I  had  seen.  Then 
he  took  my  saddle-bags,  showed  me  into  the  room,  fed  my  horse 
and  then  went  to  order  my  breakfast.  There  were  three  men 
sitting  at  a  table,  swigging  at  a  pot  of  beer,  which  stood  upon 
the  hot  stove.  They  made  way  for  me  and  I  sat  down.  When 
the  landlord  returned  they  began  a  conversation  in  German, 
casting  an  occasional  glance  at  me.  I  could  not  understand  a 
word  they  said,  but  from  the  conversation  I  concluded  that  they 
were  talking  about  the  murder  of  Staley  and  about  me  and  my 
horse.  So  I  listened  very  closely  and  eyed  them  very  attentively 
for  some  minutes.  I  concluded  that  they  had  decided  to  dis- 
pose of  me,  take  my  horse  and  what  little  money  I  had,  so  I  arose 
at  once  and  took  a  defensive  position.  So  I  took  up  my  saddle- 
bags and  ordered  my  horse,  but  the  old  landlord  said  in  broken 
English,  "Oh,  y'r  hosh  ish  not  donn  etin,  and  you  ish  not  got 
brekfest. "  "No,"  sad  I,  "but  I  do  not  feel  safe  in  your  house, 
for  these  men  may  be  plotting  to  cut  my  throat  and  take  what 
little  money  I  have."  "  Mine  Got,  mine  Got,  we  be  no  mur- 
thret,  we  only  say  so  young  a  traveller  riding  so  fine  a  horse,  be 
in  danger  of  being  killed  for  his  hoss,  like  Mine  Herr  Staley." 
So,  after  I  had  eaten  the  best  breakfast  I  had  partaken  of  since 
leaving  home,  I  said  to  them  goodbye,  and  they  all  cried  out, 
'Guide  hike,  £uide  hike,  to  home,  and  father  and  mother." 


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After  this  days'  ride  I  was  among  relatives  and  friends  and 
nearer  home,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Lexington,  Rockbridge 
County,  and  I  found  one  of  my  father's  cousins,  Alexander  Trim- 
ble, who  had  visited  Kentucky  when  a  young  man  and  spent 
several  months  at  our  home.  He  was  now  married  and  very  com- 
fortably situated  on  a  farm  with  his  wife  who  was  a  Miss  Grigby, 
an  uncommonly  accomplished  and  sensible  woman,  and  she  con- 
tributed towards  making  my  stay  of  a  few  days  very  agreeable 
and  pleasant,  but  after  a  short  time,  I  proceeded  to  my  native 
place,  Augusta. 

I  had  heard  so  much  of  the  oddities  of  one  January  Macgonigal, 
of  Staunton,  Virginia,  a  tavern  keeper,  I  concluded  to  stop  off, 
have  my  horse  fed,  as  an  excuse  to  see  the  eccentric  Scotch-Irish 
landlord.  As  I  approached  the  house,  my  horse  quite  as  willing 
as  myself  for  a  little  rest,  raised  up  his  head  and  paced  up  in  fine 
style.  Mr.  Macgonigai,  the  landlord,  sprang  up  at  my  approach 
to  give  me  assistance,  for  I  was  so  cold  I  could  scarcely  dismount. 
He  called  to  "George,"  at  the  top  of  his  voice  to  take  the  fine 
horse  of  the  young  gentleman,  and  conducted  me  into  the  bar- 
room, where  I  was  soon  seated  by  a  bright  fire  and  soon  felt  quite 
comfortable.  My  host  interrogated  me  the  while,  if  I  would 
take  some  refreshments  for  myself  and  my  horse,  and  what  I 
would  drink,  etc.  Being  answered,  he  said:  "You  are  a  young 
traveller,  sir,  how  far  have  you  ridden  that  fine  horse  to-day, 
sir."  "About  500  miles,  sir."  "Is  it  possible,  sir,  and  how 
much  beyond  this  place  are  you  going?"  "Only  a  few  miles, 
sir,"  said  I,  "to  Colonel  Allen's."  "Yes,  yes,  I  know  Allen, 
and  a  handsomer  man  or  a  better  marksman  does  not  live  in  all 
Augusta.  Yes,'  sir,  I  know  him,  and  his  father  before  him,  and 
no  better  man  than  old  January  Allen.  Are  you  acquainted  with 
the  entire  family,  for  I  have  no  recollection  of  having  seen  the 
son,  but  have  seen  the  old  gentlemen  and  his  wife.  You  have 
been  in  these  parts  before?" 

Thus  he  concluded,  all  in  one  breath,  to  which  I  replied, 
"That  my  parents  tell  me  that  I  have  been  here  before,  but  I 
was  merely  an  infant  in  arms.  "  ' '  The  Lord  bless  me,  and  where 
have  you  been  living  ever  since? "  ' '  In  Kentucky,  sir. "  "And 
have  you  come  from  Kentucky  now?"  "Yes,  sir."  "And 
where  is  your  company  to  your  state,  sir."  "My  horse,  sir,  is 
my  only  company,  sir."     "But  what  may  your  name  be,  sir,  if 


not  too  much  trouble. 


Ay  name,  sir,  is  Allen  Trimble,  sir. 


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■  The  Lord  bless  me,  sir,  a  son  of  January  Trimble.  "  ' '  Yes,  sir," 
said  I.  "  Oh,  the  Lord  bless  me  double,  sir,  Jane  Allen  was  your 
good,  dear,  blessed,  mother?"  "Yes,  sir,"  said  I.  "Well,  it 
beats  the  world;  for  I  knew  them  both  well,  and  a  bonny  pair  they 
were."  He  called  his  wife  and  gave  me  a  formal  introduction, 
and  said,  "This  is  the  son  of  Jane  Allen  and  Jany  Trimble." 
His  wife,  the  old  landlady,  seemed  impossible  of  realizing  the 
fact  that  I  had  travelled  alone  from  Kentucky.  But  the  old 
man  assured  her  there  could  be  no  mistake,  and  to  seal  the  mat- 
ter, he  drew  out  a  bottle  of  good  old  French  brandy,  "deal  the 
better  in  auld  Staunton,  sir,'  ■  and  he  said  we  must  drink  the 
health  of  each  other,  and  his  wife's  remembering  my  father  and 
mother,  his  old  friends,  and  the  friends  of  all  the  good  people  in 
Augusta  County.  After  a  good  warming,  George,  the  black  boy, 
brought  out  my  horse,  and  I  left  for  Jany  Allen's,  under  a  promise 
to  call  as  often  as  I  came  to  Staunton  and  tell  him  more  about 
his  dear  friends  in  Kentucky. 

My  relatives  were  taken  by  surprise,  not  expecting  any  of  their 
relatives  from  Kentucky  at  that  inclement  season,  and  especially 
one  all  alone  and  such  a  young  man  as  myself.  But  they  were 
very  glad  to  meet  me,  for  indeed  in  those  early  days,  a  guest  was 
always  welcome,  if  only  for  company,  since  news  was  only  carried 
by  the  traveller  on  horse-back." 

(To  be  continued.) 


CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  DAVIS. 


History  of  a  Brave,  Gallant  Man,  and  an  Indian  Fighter. 


"Written  by  Colonel  W.  L.  Curry,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
•  Read  before  the  Ohio  Society  of  Sons  of  American  Revolution. 

IT  is  sometimes  charged  that  the  members  of  our  Society  are 
hero  worshipers,  and  I  presume  it  is  proper  for  us  to  plead 
guilty  to  the  indictment.  We  believe  that  a  prophet  or  hero 
is  entitled  to  some  honor  in  his  own  county,  and  we  have  some 
heroes  of  our  own  "kith  an  kin"  worthy  of  our  worship.  It 
is  not  necessary  to  delve  in  the  pages  of  ancient  history,  as 
many  people  are  wont  to  do,  to  find  a  hero  worthy  of  admira- 
tion and  adoration,  as  the  founders  of  our  great  Republic  were 
not  only  men  of  chivalric  deeds  but  as  "true  of  heart  and  as 
prompt  of  arm  as  any  men  who  have  been  on  earth."  To  lay 
a  slight  chaplet  of  praise  to  one  of  those  heroes  of  two  wars 
and  an  honored  citizen  of  Franklin  county,  is  the  object  of 
this  sketch. 

As  introductory  and  explanatory  to  the  source  of  my  infor- 
mation on  which  the  facts  related  in  this  sketch  are  based,  it 
is  proper  to  state  that  my  grandfather,  Colonel  James  Curry, 
settled  in  the  southern  part  of  Union  county,  twenty  miles  dis- 
tant from  Columbus,  in  the  year  1811,  where  he  laid  a  warrant 
for  1,000  acres  of  land  which  had  been  ceded  by  the  State  of 
Virginia  to  the  United  States,  with  the  stipulation  that  these 
lands  should  be  given  to  the  soldiers  who  enlisted  from  that 
State,  as  part  payment  for  their  services  during  the  war  of  the 
Revolution. 

At  that  date  nearly  the  entire  territory  now  embraced  within 
the  limits  of  Union  county,  was  an  unbroken  wilderness  teem- 
ing with  all  kinds  of  wild  animals  and  many  friendly  Indians. 
Even  as  late  as  June  1,  1810,  the  Indians  held  their  councils  in 
that  vicinity  and  executed  the  noted  Indian  Chief  Leatherlips, 
just  across  the  southern  border  of  Union  county  and  in  the 
county  of  Franklin. 

"  Shrill  through  the  forest  aisles  the  savage  war  cry  rung; 
Swift  to  the  -work  strife  the  border  huntsman  sprung, 
Red  ran  the  blood  of  foeman  on  countless  fields  of  woe 
From  Scioto's  shimmering  stream  to  Ohio,  broad  and  slow." 

288 


J  906.]  Captain  Samuel  Davis.  289 

Among  the  earliest  of  my  recollections  were  the  thrilling 
stories  related  by  my  father  and  other  old  pioneers  of  adven- 
tures in  hunting  bear,  wolves,  panthers,  deer  and  other  wild 
game. 

I  was  raised  up  in  that  kind  of  atmosphere  and  many  a 
winter  evening  as  we  sat  around  the  blazing  fires  in  the  old 
cabins,  listening  to  the  thrilling  tales  of  Indian  warfare,  of 
massacre  and  scalping,  I  could  feel  my  hair  rising  and  imagine 
I  could  see  the  Indians  bedecked  with  war  paint  and  feathers 
peering  through  the  windows. 

While  some  of  those  stories  were  related  of  Boone,  Kenton, 
and  other  famous  Indian  fighters,  the  exploits  of  Captain  Sam- 
uel Davis,  whose  body  is  buried  near  the  banks  of  the  Scioto 
river,  only  ten  miles  distant  from  Columbus,  are  more  clearly 
remembered. 

The  facts  set  forth  in  this  sketch  of  that  noted  pioneer  are 
from  my  recollections  of  the  incidents  which  I  heard  related 
in  my  boyhood  days  and  from  manuscripts  left  by  my  uncle 
Otway  Curry.  As  my  grandfather  lived  only  ten  miles  from 
the  farm  of  Captain  Davis,  they  were  considered  neighbors  in 
those  early  days  and  were  frequent  neighborly  visitors,  and 
talked  much  of  their  exploits  and  adventures,  as  my  grand- 
father had  also  been  an  Indian  fighter  and  was  severely  wound- 
ed during  Lord  Dunmore's  campaign  in  the  battle  of  Point 
Pleasant,  Va.,  October  10th,  1774. 

Samuel  Davis  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Conn.,  January  1,  1762. 
Although  only  twelve  years  of  age  at  the  breaking  out  of  the 
war  of  the  Revolution,  he  served  two  years  in  the  Continental 
army  before  the  close  of  the  war.*  The  first  engagement  in 
which  he  participated  and  received  his  "baptism  of  fire"  was 
in  a  night  skirmish  with  the  British  army  at  the  time  of  their 
attack  on  West  Haven,  when  they  attempted  a  landing  from  an 
armed  vessel  in  their  boats.  Pie  was  in  a  number  of  other 
engagements,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was  a  boy  twenty 
years  of  age,  strong  of  body,  lithe  of  limb,  well  inured  to  the 
hardships  and  trials  of  a  soldier  in  the  Continental  Army.     He 


-Cantain  Davis  made  application  f  r  pension  May  4.  1835.  and  his  pension  was  granted. 

As  shown  by  a  certificate  from  the  Pension  Deportment,  his  enlistments  were  us  fol- 
lows during  the  Revolutionary  Wur.  having  served  a  period  of  twenty-three  months: 

July,  1776 — six  months.    Private  in  Col.  Smith's  Connecticut  Regiment. 

1777— One  month.     Private  in  Col,  Arnold's  Connecticut  Regiment. 

Summer,  1778— Six  months.  Capt.  Strong's  Company,  Col.  Putnam's  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment. 

1779— Four  months.    Private  in  Capt.  Wadsworth's  Company,  Connecticut  Regiment. 

1781— Six  months.    Private  in  Connecticut  Regiment. 


*w> 


290  Captain  Samuel  Davis.  [Oct., 


learned  the  goldsmith's  trade,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  he 
decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  West,  and  crossed  the 
mountains  with  the  intention  of  seeking  a  location  where  he 
could  manufacture  and  sell  cheap  jewelry  to  the  Indians.  He 
stopped  at  Fort  Pitt,  but  for  some  reason  gave  up  the  enter- 
prise and  started  on  a  hunting  expedition.  On  the  Guyandotte 
River,  this  being  about  the  year  1785,  he  fell  in  with  two  other 
hunters,  whose  names  were  Freehart  and  McCullough.  He 
had  some  thrilling  adventures  in  this  region  in  hunting  bear. 
Arriving  at  the  mouth  of  the  Guyandotte  he  joined  two  hunt- 
ers named  Kendall  and  Whitsel.  They  purchased  a  flat  boat 
and  decided  to  make  a  trip  down  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
rivers  to  New  Orleans  with  a  cargo  of  buffalo  meat  and  veni- 
son, which  they  intended  to  kill  on  the  passage.  They  had  a 
rough  trip  down  the  Ohio,  and  had  several  encounters  with  the 
Indians.  Just  below  the  falls  of  Ohio,  one  of  the  party  was 
taken  captive  and  a  fight  was  only  prevented  by  paying  a  large 
ransom  in  powder  and  lead  for  his  release.  The  next  day  the 
Indians  followed  them  up  in  six  large  canoes  crowded  with 
savages.  On  the  boat  Davis  and  his  companions  had  a  large 
blunderbus  mounted  like  a  cannon  and  loaded  with  thirty-six 
rifle  balls.  They  fired  one  volley  from  the  gun,  which  com- 
pletely demoralized  their  pursuers,  and  they  pulled  for  the 
shore  in  great  haste.  Davis  was  wont  to  relate  this  incident 
with  much  gusto,  as  he  said  the  old  gun  was  of  no  account, 
excepting  to  make  a  loud  noise,  which  seemed  to  frighten  the 
savages. 

At  another  time  Davis  and  another  companion  left  the  boat 
for  the  purpose  of  hunting  buffalo,  and  having  killed  several, 
returned  to  the  river  to  find  that  the  boat  had  left  them,  as  an 
alarm  had  come  to  the  men  manning  the  boat,  from  one  of  the 
hunters,  that  a  large  body  of  Indians  was  approaching.  Davis 
and  his  companion  constructed  a  raft  and  started  to  float  down 
the  river,  but  as  the  river  was  at  high  flood  the  raft  was  unman- 
ageable and  floated  off  over  the  country.  As  they  passed  a 
high  bluff  Davis'  companion  becoming  frightened  sprang  from 
the  raft  and  climbed  up  the  bluff,  shouting  to  Davis  to  follow 
him,  but  Davis  stuck  to  the  raft  and  was  finally  wrecked  on  an 
island,  where  he  remained  three  days  without  food  or  shelter. 
His  companion  never  was  heard  of  again,  and  he  was,  no  doubt, 
either  drowned  or  killed  by  the  Indians.       Davis  finally  over- 


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Captain  Samuel  Davis. 


291 


took  the  flat  boat,  in  an  Indian  canoe  which  he  confiscated,  in 
a  very  exhausted  condition,  but  during  all  this  time  had 
retained  his  gun. 

After  enduring  many  hardships  on  the  voyage  down  the 
river,  Davis  with  about  twenty  companions  made  a  trip  up  the 
Cumberland  in  boats  and  up  Green  River  to  Limestone,  Ky., 
now  Maysville.  This  was  about  the  year  1786,  and  for  several 
years  thereafter  Davis  made  his  headquarters  at  Limestone, 
going  out  on  trapping  and  hunting  expeditions  up  the  Big 
Sandy  and  along  the  Wabash,  in  Indiana. 

Soon  after  St.  Glair's  defeat,  Davis,  and  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Wm.  Campbell,  embarked  on  a  hunting  and  trapping  expe- 
dition in  a  canoe  and  proceeded  up  the  Big  Sandy  River.  On 
this  trip  Davis  related  that  they  found  a  boiling  spring  on  a 
fork  of  that  river  which  emitted  gas,  and  by  applying  a  torch 
it  burned  with  a  strong  flame.  It  therefore  seems  that  they 
may  have  been  the  discoverers  of  natural  gas,  so  we  will  just 
credit  that  discovery  to  one  of  our  patriotic  sires. 

They  were  now  near  Harmar's  Station,  on  which  the  Indians 
had  just  made  an  unsuccessful  attack,  but  had  captured  one 
prisoner  by  the  name  of  Donald  with  a  number  of  horses.  A 
party  of  these  Indians  with  their  prisoner  and  some  of  their 
wounded  were  floating  down  the  river  and  seeing  the  camp 
fire  of  Davis  and  Campbell,  who  were  fast  asleep,  the  Indians 
surrounded  them  ;  they  were  then  awakened  to  find  themselves 
prisoners  of  the  Indians,  who  stood  with  uplifted  tomahawks. 
Campbell  was  severely  cut  on  one  hand  with  a  tomahawk,  but 
Davis  was  not  injured.  The  Indians  then  tied  them  with 
thongs  of  dried  buffalo  hides  and  compelled  them  to  push  the 
canoes  down  stream  with  poles,  the  Indians  frequently  beating 
them  with  sticks.  They  went  down  the  Ohio  River  to  Hang- 
ing Rock,  where  they  went  into  camp,  and  Davis  made  an 
attempt  to  escape  but  was  recaptured.  When  at  this  point  one 
of  the  Indian  scouts  reported  that  severel  flat  boats  were  com- 
ing down  the  river  and  Davis  was  ordered  to  decoy  them  to 
the  shore  on  pain  of  instant  death.  But  the  boats  failed  to 
come  within  hailing  distance  to  his  great  joy.  They  then 
traveled  some  distance  up  the  Little  Scioto  and  one  day  went 
into  camp,  where  the  Indians  held  a  council  and  then  pro- 
ceeded to  gather  up  a  large  quantity  of  brush  and  dry  wood, 
which  they  set  on   fire,  around  which   they  performed  a  war 


..:, 


292  Captain  Samuel  Davis.  [Oct., 

dance  with  murderous  gestures  and  fiendish  yells.  The  Indi- 
ans were  composed  of  Delawares,  Pottawattamies,  Piankeshaws 
and  Shawanees.  Davis  was  then  informed  by  his  guide  that  he 
and  Donald  were  to  be  turned  over  to  the  Pottawatamies  to  be 
burned.  The  next  day  they  moved  on,  the  prisoners  heavily 
loaded  with  packs,  were  driven  along  with  kicks  and  blows  ; 
compelled  to  wade  all  the  streams  while  the  Indians  rode 
through  on  horses. 

The  next  night  Davis  was  placed  on  the  bare  ground  between 
two  Indians  to  whom  he  was  tied  by  thongs  as  usual.  His 
limbs  and  arms  were  tied  so  tight  that  they  became  much 
swollen  and  very  painful,  and  every  time  he  would  move  by 
reason  of  his  great  suffering  he  was  beaten  severely.  The 
Indians  were  sleeping  in  one  rank,  with  their  guns  standing 
immediately  in  the  rear,  supported  by  poles  near  their  heads. 
Davis  determined  to  make  another  effort  to  escape  at  all  haz- 
ards, as  he  decided  that  he  would  take  the  chances  of  being 
shot  rather  than  burned  at  the  stake.  About  daybreak  the 
Indians  unloosed  the  thongs  and  Davis  immediately  sprang 
forward,  ran  across  a  little  creek,  on  the  banks  of  which  the 
camp  was  located,  and  into  a  thicket  of,  brush  and  briars,  with 
the  Indians  in  pursuit  yelling  like  demons,  and  strange  to  say 
was  not  hit  by  any  of  their  shots.  He  escaped  and  made  his 
way  toward  the  Ohio,  which  was  reached  in  two  days,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  pushing  over  a  decayed  buckeye  tree,  out  of  which 
he  constructed  a  raft  and  finally  reached  the  Kentucky  shore. 
From  there  he  proceeded  to  a  place  where  he  had  secreted  a 
bark  canoe  on  a  hunting  trip  and  in  this  he  floated  down  the 
river  to  Massies  Station.  When  he  made  his  escape  he  had  no 
clothing  on  but  his  shirt  and  trousers  and  when  he  arrived  at 
the  Station,  after  five  days  without  food  excepting  roots  and 
raw  fish,  he  was  entirely  naked,  as  his  clothing  had  been  liter- 
ally torn  off  by  the  briars  and  brush  in  his  rapid  flight.  A 
half  breed  of  French  and  Indian  blood,  who  gave  his  name  as 
Montour,  was  with  the  band  of  Indians,  and  informed  Davis 
that  the  Indian  chief  in  command  was  a  Shawnee  named 
"Charlie  Wilkie."  Of  the  other  two  prisoners,  Campbell 
escaped  after  being  sold  by  the  Delawares,  and  Donald  was 
burned  at  the  stake  by  the  Pottawattamies.  Montour  boasted 
to  Davis  that  he  had  taken  sixteen  scalps  at  St.  Clair's  defeat, 
and  showed  him  the  handle  of  his  tomahawk  on  which  sixteen 


1906.]  Captai?i  Samuel  Davis.  293 

notches  were  cut.  Davis  inquired  of  Montour  what  the  British 
did  with  the  cannon  captured  from  St.  Clair,  and  Montour 
informed  him  that  four  of  the  pieces  were  sunk  in  a  deep 
stream  near  the  battle  ground.  Davis,  after  his  escape,  went 
to  Cincinnati  and  gave  the  information  to  the  Commandant  at 
Fort  Washington  and  the  cannon  were  rescued. 

Davis  went  on  many  hunting  and  scouting  expeditions  in 
eastern  Kentucky  and  often  trailed  marauding  bands  of  Indians 
who  had  stolen  horses  from  the  whites,  and  at  one  time  re- 
captured ten  horses  and  returned  them  safely  to  the  white  set- 
tlers. Simon  Kenton  lived  near  Washington,  Ky.,  and  Davis 
was  in  his  employ  as  a  spy  for  three  years.  His  principal 
duties  were  to  patrol  the  Ohio  River  and  report  to  Kenton 
when  Indians  crossed  from  Ohio  into  Kentucky  for  the  pur- 
pose of  pillage  and  murder.  In  this  service  he  had  many 
encounters  with  the  Indians.  During  a  part  of  the  time  when 
a  spy  he  was  accompanied  by  Col.  Ducan  McArthur.  At  one 
time  he  related  that  he  shot  and  killed  an  Indian  belonging  to 
a  pilaging  band  and  made  a  miraculous  escape,  as  he  was 
chased  for  many  miles  through  the  forest  by  the  Indians,  but 
finally  reached  the  river,  where  he  had  a  canoe  secreted  and 
pulled  out  into  the  stream  just  ahead  of  his  pursuers. 

Campbell,  who  was  captured  by  the  Indians  with  Davis,  and 
was  his  companion  on  many  of  his  hunting  expeditions,  was 
afterward  killed  by  the  Indians  on  the  Ohio  side  of  the  river. 
Soon  after  Wayne's  treaty,  1795,  Davis  moved  to  Ohio  and 
settled  on  the  Scioto  below  Chillicothe.  He  afterwards  lived 
in  Chillicothe,  and  for  some  years,  west  of  the  town.  Davis 
related  that  when  living  in  that  vicinity  a  party  of  Indians 
came  to  his  house  and  among  their  number  were  some  of  the 
Indians  who  had  taken  him  a  prisoner,  and  on  seeing  him, 
exclaimed,  "waugh  Shinneh  wanneh,"  i.  e,,  "  Captain." 

In  the  year  1814  he  removed  to  Franklin  County  when  he 
was  about  fifty-one  years  of  age.  During  the  War  of  1812  he 
served  on  two  expeditions  in  the  northwest,  and  on  one  of 
them  as  a  captain  of  volunteers.  Captain  Davis  had  a  most 
remarkable  career  as  a  backwoodsman,  hunter,  Indian  fighter 
and  soldier.  Including  his  service  in  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion until  the  close  of  the  War  of  1812,  a  period  of  a  third  of  a 
century  of  almost  continuous  warfare  with  the  British  and 
Indians.  The  history  of  the  service  of  this  brave  frontiersman 
is  scarcely  second  to  that  of  Daniel  Boone  and  Simon  Kenton. 
He  was  an  intelligent,  highly  respected  citizen,  and  lived 
quietly  on  his  farm  in  Franklin  County  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  Norwich  Township  in  1849,  at  the  age  of  80. 
Many  of  the  descendants  of  Captain  Davis,  the  Davis'  and 
Sells',  reside  in  Dublin  and  vicinity ;  others  in  the  city  of 
Columbus  at  this  time. 


m 


THE  CENTRAL  COLLEGE  OF  OHIO. 

By  the  Rev.  Henry  Bushnell. 

IN  1841  the  Presbyterians  of  Central  Ohio  were  considering 
the  desirability  of  some  educational  institution  of  high 
grade  on  their  field.  A  committee  to  consider  the  location 
of  such  an  institution  met  in  Columbus  in  November  of  that 
year.  Rev.  Eb.  Washburn  and  Capt.  Timothy  Lee,  residents 
of  Blendon  Township,  prominently  located  on  the  stage  road 
from  Columbus  to  Mt.  Vernon,  were  both  from  Massachusetts 
and  prominent  friends  of  education.  Mr.  Washburn  had  always 
joined  teaching  with  his  preaching  work  and  all  the  region 
about  had  patronized  his  schools. 

Mr.  Lee  appeared  before  the  committee  mentioned  above 
and  offered  them  100  acres  of  land  with  the  promise  that  he 
would  erect  all  buildings  needed  for  the  enterprise  if  they 
would  locate  the  proposed  college  on  his  land.  His  proposition 
was  accepted  and  he  at  once  erected  a  large  brick  building  of 
24  rooms  and  three  smaller  frame  buildings,  one  of  which  was 
planned  for  the  dwelling  of  the  President  and  the  others  for 
chapel  and  recitation  room.  A  college  charter  was  granted 
them  and  the  enterprise  started  under  the  name  of  the  Central 
College. 

Rev.  Leicester  A.  Sawyer  was  chosen  President  and  Profes- 
sor of  Languages,  and  Mr.  Washburn  of  Mathematics  and 
kindred  branches.  A  fund  of  some  thousand  dollars  was 
raised  and  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  board. 

About  this  time  two  other  colleges  were  starting  in  this  State 
serving  the  same  denominational  interests,  Presbyterian  and 
Congregational — Marietta  and  Western  Reserve.  The  field 
hardly  required  three  such  institutions,  and  Central  College 
falling  behind  can  scarcely  be  said  to  have  reached  the  stand- 
ing of  a  college.  It  conferred  only  one  collegiate  degree.  It, 
however,  maintained  a  high  grade  of  preparatory  instruction 
ior  many  years. 

The  Rev.  John  Covert  succeeded  Mr.  Sawyer  in  the  presi- 
dency of  the  institution  in  1846,  but  remained  on  the  ground 
only  two  years.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Edmund  Gar- 
land for  two  years  more,  and  he  in  turn  for  two  years  by  the 
Rev.  Levi  B.  Wilson,  and  then  Mr.  A.  C.  Moon  had  charge  of  il 

294 


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The  Ce7itral  College  of  Ohio. 


295 


until  1860.  When  he  left,  the  school  was  greatly  reduced,  not 
a  scholar  being  left  on  the  ground  at  the  end  of  the  collegiate 
year  ;  Mr.  Moon  himself  was  away  on  other  business. 

The  Rev.  H.  Bushnell  came  to  the  place  in  May,  1860,  with 
the  purpose  of  building  up  the  school  if  possible,  bringing  the 
property  into  that  for  which  it  was  given.  He  remained  six 
years,  having  a  reward  for  his  labors  in  gratifying  success. 
The  property  came  up  in  value  and  the  school  in  patronage. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  A.  P.  Williamson. 

For  several  years  the  school  averaged  sixty  pupils,  which 
was  regarded  as  its  full  complement. 

The  policy  of  the  Trustees  had  been  to  allow  the  Principal 
the  use  of  the  property  and  to  bind  him  to  maintain  a  high 
grade  of  instruction  and  a  sufficient  number  of  teachers.  Under 
the  Rev.  F.  A.  Wilbur  there  were  at  one  time  a  dozen  youths 
looking  forward  to  the  Gospel  ministry.  By  and  by  it  became 
difficult  to  secure  competent  teachers  on  this  basis  and  com- 
pensation and  it  became  necessary  to  subsidize  them.  This 
often  drew  upon  the  private  purse  of  the  Trustees.  At  this 
juncture  Mr.  Bushnell  undertook  an  agency  for  raising  funds 
for  liquidating  all  debts  and  for  a  permanent  endowment.  In 
this  he  was  reasonably  successful  until  the  failure  of  his  wife's 
health,  when  he  was  obliged  to  leave  the  field.  Then  it  began 
to  be  questioned  whether  the  expense  was  justified  by  the 
good  accomplished.  The  institution  was  allowed  to  fall  behind 
for  current  expenses  and  there  was  nothing  to  secure  the 
necessity  for  its  existence,  and  at  last  the  corporation  moved 
the  Court  for  the  sale  of  its  property  to  pay  its  indebtedness, 
and  further,  that  the  corporation  be  dissolved.  This  was  done, 
the  debts  were-paid,  the  rest  of  the  property  legally  assigned 
to  other  and  kindred  local  interests,  and  Central  College  as  an 
educational  institution  passed  into  history.  All  that  remains 
is  the  name  which  has  become  attached  to  the  Post  Office.  It 
came  to  be  the  popular  name  of  the  little  village  that  gave  it 
breathing  space,  but  the  legal  name  of  the  village  is  "Amal- 
thea."  The  Post  Office  is  now  superseded  by  the  rural  mail 
delivery;  so  that  all  that  did  pass  by  the  name  "Central 
College"  would  seem  to  be  literally  defunct. 

The  record,  class  and  account  books,  which  were  made  out 
by  the  managers  and  professors  of  the  Central  College  Acad- 
emy,   which    were    found    among   the   books    and    papers    of 


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Timothy  Lee,  in  the  Lee  homestead  in  1903,  by  H.  Warren 
Phelps,  formerly  of  Blendon,  through  the  courtesy  of  the 
Rev.  Charles  Lee,  of  Carbondale,  Pa.,  show  the  names  of 
students  who  attended  the  school  from  1841  to  1860,  but  it  is 
not  a  complete  record.  Judge  John  M.  Pugh,  of  East  Broad 
street,  Columbus,  Ohio,  kindly  supplied  from  memory  some 
names  and  addresses  of  students  who  attended  the  Academy 
at  the  time  when  he  was  a  student  there  in  1842-5.  A  few 
names  of  those  who  were  attending  the  Blendon  Institute  in 
1840  and  1841,  which  preceded  the  Academy,  are  given  : 
1840-4.1. 

Beach,  Thomas Worthingtpn 

Calhoun,  Jane Columbus 

Connelly,  John  K Blendon 

Was   a    prominent   attorney-at-law  at 

Memphis,  lean.,   and   Hernando.  Miss.; 

held  high  position  in  I.  O.  O.  F.;  died  at 

Hernando  in  1858. 

Connelly,  Harriet  H Blendon 

Dickey,  Moses  T Blendon 

*Gillespie,  Abram  J Blendon 

Gillespie,  Mary  A Blendon 

Haverly,  Adam .Columbus 

Hempstead,  Aurelia  A Blendon 

Hempstead,  John  Craig.. .  .Blendon 

Jones,  Henry Columbus 

Lee,  Ardelia Blendon 

Lee,  Louisa .Blendon 

Means,  James Mt.  Vernon 

Means,  William Mt.  Vernon 

Nelson,  Caroline Columbus 

Nelson,  Margaret Columbus 

Osborn,  Hiram  M Blendon 

Osborn,  Ralph Blendon 

Osborn,  Roxe  L Blendon 

Pelton,  Minerva Genoa 

*Phelps,  Gustavus  S Blendon 

Phelps,  William  J Blendon 

Kenick,  Mortimer Circleville 

Rush,  Ira Lancaster 

Williams,  Edward Genoa 

Williams,  George Genoa 


1842-3-4-5. 


Bulin,  Josiah Keeler,  Lucy 


Latham,  Milton Couirnbus 

Appointed  Governor  of  California  ;  was 
U.  S.  Senator  from  California. 

Lee,  Fannv C.  C. 

Lee,  Ardelia C.  C. 

Lee,  Louisa C.  C. 

Lee,  Theron C.  C. 

Phelps,  William  J Blendon 

Phelps,  Margaret  J Blendon 

Pugh,  John  M Reynoldsbur^ 

Deputy  Auditor  two  Years:  Auditor  of 
Franklin  County,  O..  1854  to  I860;  Judge 
Court  of  Probate,  Franklin  Connty,  O., 
Feb.  9,  1864,  to  Feb.  9,  1879;  resides  in  Co- 
lumbus. Ohio,  1906. 

*Scott,  Robert  K Napoleon 

Was  Colonel  68th  Reg,  Ohio  V.  I.,  1861-5: 
Brig-Gen.  Feb.  14,  I860;  appointed  Gov- 
ernor of  North  Carolina  in  1S66  by  Presi- 
dent Andrew  Johnson. 

1844-47. 

Allen, , Newark 

Beach,  Thomas Worth ington 

Calhoun,  Jane Columbus 

Campbell,  Norman  C C.  C. 

Clark,  Mary Maxtown 

Clark,  Sarah Maxtown 

Comstock,  Theodore  . .  Worthington 

Courtright,  Moses Columbus 

Green,  Aaron  H Hibernia 

Gillespie,  Alma  L Blendon 

Hart,  Caudaee, Blendon 

Hess,  Daniel Clinton 

Hess,  Philemon Columbus 

Jones,  Henry Columbus 


Galena 


Physician  at  (trove  City,  Franklin  Co. 

Converse,  George  L Harlem 

Attorney-at-Law,  Prosecuting  Attor- 
ney, Member  Ohio  Legislature,  Congress- 
man, Columbus. 

Cook,  Martha  F Harlem 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Pugh,  Columbus,  dan.  of 
Benegaand  Martha. 

Hart,  Caroline Blendon 

•Inms,  Gustavus  S Columbus 

Latham,  William Columbus 

Was  a  Captain  in  Mexian  War;  settled 
in  Texas. 


Lee,  Clarence C.  C. 

Lee,  Theron C.  C. 

Loomis,  Almira Blendon 

McDamiald,  Martha Blendon 

McDannald,  Rebecca Blendon 

MeGutTey,  John Groveport 

McGuffey,  William Groveport 

Miller,  Adam .Circleville- 

Osborn,  Hiram  M Blendon 

Onborn,  Ralph Blendon 

Osborn,  Roxse  L Blendon 


Note— Those  names   prefixed  with    a  stur(*)  were  soldiers  in  the  war  of  1861-63; 
perhaps  others  were,  but  it  is  not  known  to  writer. 


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Park,  Silas  W Plain  Tp. 

PuSenbarger,  Reuben CO. 

Stone,  Jesse Columbus 

Shannon,  W.  Q Kirkeraville 

Was  Presbyterian  Minister. 

Stebbins,  Ambrose C.  G. 

Was  in  Mexican  War. 

Washburn,  Alvin  Hyde C.  C. 

Was  an  Episcopalian  Minister  at  Cleve- 
land, O.:  was  on  train  which  was  burned 
at  Ashtabula,  O.,  Dec.  29,  LS76,  aged  51  y. 
(i  m.  12  d.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Ebeaezer 
and  Eunice  B.  Washburn, 

1848. 

Armstrong Sunbury 

Beattie,  William Mt.  Gilead 

Beecher,  Charles Harlem 

Boner,  Jacob Blendon 

-Brown,  Samuel Jackson  Tp. 

Clark,  Joseph Miflln  ^ 

Clark,  Mary C.  C 

Connelly,  Caroline  R C.  C. 

Courtrigbt  Starr Truro 

Cratty Ostrander 

Day,  George  K Cleveland 

Davis.  Francis  M Dublin 

Davis,  Miss  F Dublin 

Dickey,  Joseph  L C.  C. 

Dickey,  Albert  F C.  C. 

Dodds    Pickaway  Co. 

Duncan,  James  Parkman 

Flannegan,  Thomas  C. .  .  .Ostrander 

Flannegan,  John Ostrander 

Flannegan,  Eleanor Ostrander 

Galbraith 

Gardner,  0.  J Fayette  Co. 

Gaston,  Robert  S Kingston 

Gates,  Rufus Plain 

Gildersleeve,  William Ashley 

Graham,  Abner  H C.  C. 

Guffey,  Mr /Etna 

Hart,  Sarah Blendon 

Harrison,  William Blendon 

Helmick,  Eberle Pickaway  Co. 

Hickey,  William Newark 

Hempstead,  Samuel  B Blendon 

^Hempstead,  Julia Blendon 

Hempstead,  Mary Blendon 

Hempstead,  Martha Blendon 

Henderson,  J.  L Dublin 

Henderson,  Robert Lockbourne 

Henderson,  William. . .  Lockbourne 

Howard,  W.  R Bainbridge 

Inskeep,  J.  M Warren 

Jones,  Salomon Wayne 

Julian,  Miss Brooklyn 

McComb,  William Constania 

McCutchan,  Rebecca Blendon 

McLeod ,  J.  D Genoa 

Mitchell,  C Dublin  - 

Moore,  Burton Sunbury 

Martin,  Anthony Lithopolis 


Pinnev,  Clarissa Blendon 

*Park;  Horace Mitllin 

*Pickering,  Lafayette  .Pickeringtou 

Porter,  Miss  Clarissa Blendon 

*Porter,  William  H Blendon 

Phelps,  Homer  H Blendon 

Randolph,  Mr Big  Plain 

Robinson,  Mr Marysville 

Robinson,  Caroline Mifflin 

Saul,  Jacob Mifflin 

Sells,  B.  F Johnson 

Shannon,  John Austinburg 

Shedd,  P.  N Columbus 

Smith,  George Bainbridge 

Spurgeon,  Anna Westerville 

Stebbins,  Angeline C.  C. 

Vandine,  Jacob Geneva 

Wallace,  Mr Circleville 

1849. 

Ballinger,  James Parkman 

-Bishop,  Leroy Worthington 

Bishop,  Walter Blendon 

Brown,  Samuel Jackson 

Bruck,  Lemuel Johnson 

Cratty,  J.N Ostrander 

Cook,  Melissa Johnson 

Dickey,  Courtland  M C.  C. 

Durant,  D.  A Croton 

Dutch,  John Mesopotamia 

Dulen,  G.  N Mesopotamia 

Dustin,  Anna Galena 

Ferson East  Orange 

Franklin,  Maria Genoa 

Hall,  Mary  A Blendon 

Henderson,  Rebecca Pataskala 

Henthorne,  Henrietta C.  C. 

Henthorne,  Margareta C.  C. 

Jackson,  C.  S Parkman 

Jamison,  Celia Blendon 

Jamison,  M.  J Blendon 

Kenyon,  Frank East  Orange 

Lindenberger,  Sidney.  .Olive  Green 

Lindenberger,  Eliza Olive  Green 

McCutchan,  Charles Blendon 

McCutchan,  Charity Blendon 

McCutchan,  Isabella Blendon 

Maynard,  Devos  W Worthington 

Merrill,  Mary  C Blendon 

Nelson,  S Columbus 

Phinney,  Thomas  O Clinton 

Finney,  Cynthia Blendon 

1850. 

Acherson,  Miss Parkman 

Akerson.  Mr Clinton 

Ashbrook,  W.  A Kirkeraville 

Ballinger,  Jane Parkham 

Ballinger,  James Parkman 

-©uehnell,  Thomas Bloomtield 

Cleveland,  Mary  F Constantia 

Cook,  Ansel ..." Hampton 


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Durant,  Gratia  M Croton 

Elliott,  B.  F Sunbury 

Elliott,  P  . .  . .  .    , Sunbur v 

Flannegan,  F  C  . .  .Little  Mill  Creek 

Flower,  Horace Blooiniield 

Franklin,  Maria Galena 

Junhu,  Bernhard Mesopotamia 

Long,  James  H Reynoldsburg 

Mattoon,  Henry  L Maxtown 

Pinney,  John Blendon 

Plouvilt,  Sarah Harlem 

Roberts,  George .  . Genoa 

Sackett,  Moses Berlin 

Sharp  Miss Blendon 

Slack,  Helen  M Berkshire 

Stambaugh,  J.  H Lockbourne 

Stroh,  L.  B Hartford 

Thompson,  G.  W Berlin 

Thompson,  Mary  F Berlin 

Thurston,  0 Vienna 

Tucker,  Miss  E C.  C. 

Wallace,  Mr Alexandria 

Weiherell,  Joseph Alexandria 

Wilson,  W.  H Trenton 

1851. 

Baker,  F Alexandria 

Bird,  Emily Newburg 

Canlield,  William Parkman 

Flannegan,  Lydia Ostrander 

Hodgden,  Perry Galena 

Loomis,  Narcissus Blendon 

Merrill,  Mary  C Blendon 

Pool,  Mr Delaware 

Pumphrey,  R.  R Hartford 

Ranck,  Perry Genoa 

Spooner,  Mary Hartford 

Vandine,  L.  B Vails  Cross  Roads 

1852. 

Boardman,  J.  C Alexandria 

Brown,  J.  B Trenton 

Durant,  Edward  A Croton 

Durant  John  J Hartford 

Hays,  J.  M Hartford 

Hemstead,  Mary  E Blendon 

Hemstead,  Martha Blendon 

Huggett,  James Ostrander 

Hunt,  Wm.  W.  .  Nimmons  X  Roads 

Inskeep, Vienna 

Lyon,  J.  L Vienna 

Moore,  Cordelia  A Blendon 

Phelps,  Homer  H Blendon 

Phelps,  Lauretta  C Blendon 

Phinney,  Thomas  0 Clinton 

Pool,  Miss Delaware 

Roberts,  Hezekiah Genoa 

Schrock,  N.  Jane  .        . . Blendon 

Shedd,  J.  L Blendon 

Smith,  Annabel Sunbury 

Smith,  George Genoa 

Styer,  Henry, Johnstown 


Styer,  William John. -to  v, n 

Vandine,  Jacob  ..Vails  Cross  Bonds 

Vincent,  Louisa Blendon 

Whiting,  Milo Qolumtvue 

Wilson,  J.  J Trenton 

Wilson,  Newell Trenton 

1853. 

Aedie,  J.  L ,....".  Parkman 

Allen,  J.  S Genoa 

Bardman,  Charles Newton  Falls 

Beach,  D.  Edwards Johnstown 

Bowers,  Helen  M Shabbonas 

Grove,  111. 

Buck,  John Worthington 

Carey,  David Galena 

Carpenter,  H.  B Galena 

Case,  Isaac Delaware 

Case,  Pharon Delaware 

Case,  Miss Berlin 

Clark.  Gillivan East  Orange 

Clark,  Isadore Warren 

Clarke,  Mary  W East  Orange 

Clarke,  Sarah East  Orange 

Comstock,  Frank Worthington 

Creighton,  Jane Harlem 

Crowhelton,  T.  C Chagrin  Falls 

Curtis",  Henrv  C Genoa 

Dalzell,  Mary  W Mifflin 

Davis,  Thomas Marys ville 

Dean,  Robert  D Mifflin 

Dickey,  Albert  F Blenden 

Dickey,  Courtland  M Blendon 

Dill,  Clarissa  E Mifflin 

Dodd,  Mary  S C.  C. 

Duch,  John . .        .Etna 

Durant,  D.  A Hartford 

Durant,  Emma Hartford 

Durant,  Eva Hartford 

Earl,   A Downs 

Easton,  Miss Croton 

Edwards.  D.  F         Johnstown 

Ferson,  Catherine  C  . .  .East  Orange 

Person,  Clarissa East  Orange 

Ferson,  David  L East  Orange 

Ferson,  James  E  East  Orange 

Ferson,  Phebe East  Orange 

Flannegan,  Rose  Ann Ostrander 

Fulkmer,  F.  M Blendon 

Fuller,  Lucy Worthington 

Gardner.  O*  L Worthington 

Gaston,  Robert Johnstown 

Gay,  Justin Columbus 

Gifbarth,  James   Blendon 

Gilbarth,  Jane Blendon 

-'Goldsmith,  John Columbia* 

Goodhue,  Hannah WestiieM 

Gray,  J.  H WestnVld 

Hart,  Sarah Blendon 

Havens,  George  . .  .Haven's  Corners 

Henderson,  Robert Lockbourne 

Henderson,  Wm.  M Lockbourne 


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Ilcnthorne,  Henrietta Homer 

Henthorne,  Margaretta CO. 

Horlocker,  James Mililin 

]  lorlocker,  Maria. Mililin 

Jamison,  Celia Blendon 

Jamison,  Margaret  J Blendon 

Janes,  David Berlin 

Janes,  Sarah Berlin 

Kenyon,  Frank  East  Orange 

King,  William  F Trenton 

Kinney,  Miss Trenton 

Kious,  John Trenton 

Knox,  Orin Sunbury 

Loomis,  Miranda Blendon 

Loomis,  Khoda Blendon 

McOomb,  Mr Claridon 

McLeod,  John Genoa 

Marple,  A Hartford 

Martin,  P.  T C.  C. 

Martin,  Thaddeus  K C.  C. 

Mattoon,  Charles  H Maxtown 

Mattoon,  Estelline C.  C. 

Mattoon,  Martha  L CO. 

Moore,  Mahala Mesopotamia 

Moore,  Mary Blendon 

*Murphy,  Charies Berea 

Ogden,  Eliza Trenton 

Oimstead,  Eliza  J Mifflin 

Ohnstead,  J.  W Norton 

♦Park,  Harlow Mifflin 

*Park,  Horace Park  Mills 

Parkhurst,  Martin C.  C. 

Phelps,  Kosetta Blendon 

Phillips,  Edwin ...   Blendon 

Proutty,  L.  L Hartford 

Robinson,  Benjamin Marvsville 

Robinson,  T.  C    Bristolville 

Thompson,  J.  \V Berkshire 

Pool,  Miss  E.  S Delaware 

Pool,  Miss Delaware 

Sardenes,  Elizabeth Blendon 

Snipe,  Elizabeth Blendon 

Smith,  PL  L Hebron 

Snodgrass,  Horace. Little  Mill  Creek 

Snodgrass,  Miss Little  Mill  Creek 

Spring,  Elizabeth Blendon 

''"Spring,   Homer Blendon 

Stevens,  Horace Connors 

Strong,  Mary East  Orange 

Taylor,  William  T New  Albany 

Walking,  D.  S Berkshire 

Watters,  Charles New  Albany 

Wells,  James Well's  Corners 

Wells,  Nathan Jersey 

Whitehead,  Electa  T Jersey 

Wilson,  L.  J Trenton 

1S54. 

Bale,  John East  Orange 

Bell,  Emily  J Blendau 

Bronson,  Cyrus Parkman 

Campbell,  Susan Blendon 


Carroll,  A Hartford 

Clapham,  Sarah  J C.  0. 

Clarke,  Ann  Eliza East  Orange 

Collins,  Jane Nimmons 

Condit,  Burton Kirkersville 

Condit,  Susan Kirkersville 

Durant,  Nelson Hartford 

Edmundson,  J.  E Sunbury 

Garvin,  Miss  E New  Albany 

Harris,  Sarah  C Mifflin 

Hempstead,  Wrells  H ,.  Blendon 

Henthorne,  William . . . ^/. . .  Homer 

Herron,  Ann  Jeannetter^T Etna 

Herron,  James  L Etna 

Hodgden,  Bloom Galena 

Hodgden,  Perry Galena 

Hunt,  Catherine Nimmons 

Hunt,  Miss  E .Nimmons 

Kissinger,  Barbara  . . . Parkman 

Mullen,  II y/f. Maxtown 

Nelson,  Robert Columbus 

Nelson,  S Etna 

Newell,  S Galena 

Phinney,  George East  Orange 

Purmost,  II Constant ia 

Smith,  Eli Genoa 

Spooner,  Elizabeth Hartford 

Thompson,  0 Howard 

Utley .  Andrew  J Galena 

Watters,  Micah  D Hartford 

1855. 

Bardwell,  Frances Newton  Fails 

*Brinkerhoff,  Henry  R Jerome 

Campbell,  Hiletas C.  C. 

Case,  Alvin Wrorthington 

Case,  L Liberty 

Cook,  Melissa Hampden 

Cunningham,  Cymantha C.  C. 

Davidson,  James Big  Plain 

Davidson,  William Farmington 

Donnaidson,  Edward.  .  . .  Johnstown 

*I)ubois,  Ward  Blendon 

^Dubois,  Ezekial Blendon 

Foster,  Amanda Blendon 

Foster,  Lucensia Blendon 

Garthright,  J.  L Johnstown 

Garvin,  D.  A New  Albany 

Hall,  Miss West  held 

Hart,  H.  Clay Blendon 

*Hempstead,  Alexander  S. .  Blendon 

Henry,  S Plain 

Henthorne,  Martha C.  C. 

Henthorne,  S.  E Homer 

Henthorne,  Waite C.  C. 

Hines,  Lewis New  Albany 

Kissinger,  Eliza Parkman 

Kissinger,  Jane Parkman 

Kissinger,  Catherine Mililin 

Kohn,  S Etna 

McCarney,  Mr Vail's  Comers 

McClerg,  E.  J Genoa 


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McCullough,  H.  A C.  C. 

McCutchan,  Isabelle C.  C. 

McCutchan,  Charles C.  C. 

McCutchan,  Mils. .  .  McCutehanville 

McCutchan,  Miss Blendon 

McGill,  H.  C Etna 

McLane,  J.  B Johnstown 

Meeker,  E.  T .Kirkersville 

Merris,  Miss Johnstown 

Nichols,  Mary  K Park  Mills 

'•Northrop,  Edward  B. Chagrin  Falls 

Northrop,  Wm.  \V Chagrin  Falls 

^Patterson,  Milo East  Orange 

Pegg,  0.  R Clinton 

Phillips,  Kelton  C Blendon 

Pliinney,  Leander East  Orange 

Perry,  Kosena  . . .  Nimmon's  Cross 

Roads 

Quinn,  Cicero Plain 

Quinn,  Elizabeth .'. .  .Plain 

Quinn,  Laura Blendon 

Quinn,  Samuel  L Blendon 

Robbins,  Isaac  F Clinton 

Robbins,  Joseph Clinton 

Snipe,  Louisa C.  C. 

Smith,  Elizabeth Blendon 

Smith,  Joseph Geneva 

Stark,  James  W Big  Plain 

Temple,  Elizabeth Blendon 

Temple,  Francis Blendon 

Utlev,  Lydia Galena 

Walden,  E Hartford 

Walker,  G.  J Bedford 

Walker,  R.  M Brooklyn 

Westervelt,  Oscar Blendon 

*Youmans,  Morris Pastakala 

1856. 

Beach,  B Johnstown 

*  Bethel,  George  W Blendon 

Campbell,  Cicero Plain 

^Campbell,  George  W Blendon 

Campbell,  James Plain 

*Clapham,  Milton Blendon 

Cratty.  Susan Hartford 

Davidson,  David Big  Plain 

Davidson,  James Big  Plain 

Davidson,  T.  E Big  Plain 

Ileadley,  E.  W  .  .Headley's  Corners 

Jackson,  S Hartford 

Loom  is,  Laura Blendon 

McClintick,  N Delaware 

McClintick,  Miss Delaware 

Mattoon,  Joseph  S C.  C. 

Moore,  Preston  A Blendon 

Shohonev,  Andrew  J.  ..Kirkersville 

Shipe,  David C.  C. 

Squier,  Adelbert C.  C. 

Squier,  N,  Maria C.  C. 

Wolfe,  Isabella Nashport 


1857. 


^Benedict,  Charles  A C.  C. 

Campbell,  Sarah  J C.  C. 

Cantield,  Marion C.  C. 

Day,  George  W Blendon 

Had  been  a  sailor  on  whaling  voyage 
three  years;  left  the  vessel  at  Honolulu, 
S.  I.,  and  came  back  to  (J.  S. ;  returned  to 
the  ocean  life  in  1S53 :  has  not  been  heard 
from  since  1SG2. 

Freeman,  William  A Blendon 

Ileadley,  Marv.  ..Headlev's  Corners 

Howard,  Mitchell  C " C.  C. 

Loomis,  Julia Blendon 

McClerg,  Franklin . .  Genoa 

McClerg,  William Genoa 

Mattoon,  Ardelia  M C.  C. 

"Phelps.  H.  Warren Blendon 

*Pinney,  Perry Blendon 

Reynolds,  Emma C.  C. 

Reynolds,  Francis G.  C. 

Roberts,  Martha  J Genoa 

Roberts,  Mary. Genoa 

Roberts,  Orris Genoa 

*Schrock,  Joseph 

Yansickle,  Miss Genoa 

Watson,  Charles CO. 

Wright,  Emma CO. 

Wright,  Maria C.  C. 


1858. 

*Brelsford,  Thomas Blendon 

Canfield,  Phebe C.  C. 

"Dubois,  Thomas  W Blendon 

Foster,  George Blendon 

Loomis.  Mary Blendon 

•i:Moore,  Wallace  H Blendon 

*  Phelps,  Chauncey  W Blendon 

Rvant,  James  ...  * Nashport 

Trumbull,  Alice CO. 

Trumbull,  Augusta C.  C. 


1859. 

Foster,  Lewis 

Hutches,  Amanda 

*Landon,  Hannibal. . . 

Landon,  Miss 

Liridenberger,  Clinton . 
Lindenberger,  F^liza. . . 
Lindenberger,  Sidney 

Mattoon,  Leavett 

Robinson,  A.  B 

Rugg,  Emma 

Taylor,  Rose 

Whitehead,  Electa  T  . 

Wright,  J.  K 

Wright,  Warren 


Blendon 

Blendon 

.New  Albany 
.New  Albany 
.Olive  Green 
.Olive  Green 
.Olive  Green 

C.  C. 

Sunbury 

Blendon 

.New  Albany 

Jersey 

Homer 

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Hon.  Mitchell  C.  Howard,  of  Columbus,  has  preserved  the  catalogues 
published  from  1S60  to  1870.  It  is  believed  that  no  others  were  published 
except  a  preliminary  circular  at  the  opening  of  the  school.  Below  are  the 
names  appearing  in  these  catalogues,  arranged  alphabetically  as  to  the 
pupils,  but  in  order  of  election  as  to  corporation  and  teachers. 

Where  no  residence  is  given,  Central  College  is  to  be  understood. 


CORPORATION*. 


Timothy  Lee,  Esq 

Died  Jan.  14,  1662. 
Rev.  Edm.  Garland,  Johnstown. 
Rev.  Alex.  Duncan,  Newark. . . . 

Rev.  Jacob  Little,  Granville 

*/  Rev.  Timothy  Howe,  Pataskala. 
Rev.  Henry  Shedd,  Mt.  Gilead. . 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Washburn 

Rev.  Warren  Jenkins, Columbus. 

Mr.  Edward  D.  Howard 

Mr.  S.  G.  Barber 

Mr.  C.  P.  Hemptead 

Mr.  Manly  D.  Covell 


Hctirv 


Rev.  O.  H.  Newton,  Delaware.. 
Rev.  E.  D.  Morris,  Columbus.. 
Mr.  Theron  Lee 


Mr.  Charles  McLeod 1863 

Mr.  Seth  W.  Case 1863-46 

Died  May  1.  1866. 

1864  Mr.  M.  C.  Howard,  Columbus. .  1864 
1S64      Mr.  H.  31.  Mattoon.  Maxwell. .  .1864 

Rev.  Hugh  B.  Scott 1864 

1863      Rev.  Victor  M.  King 1864 

Rev.  H.  McVay,  Revnoldsburg.lS64 

1863  Mr .  A 1  van  Wrigh t 1 867 

Rev.  J.  F.  Kendall,  Columbus ..  1868 

1864  Mr.  John  B.  Gates 1868 

Mr.  Samuel  R.  Berber 1868 

Mr.  Alexander  C.  McDannald.  .1868 
Rev.  J.  C.  Tidball,  Columbus..  .1869 

1862      Rev.  Robertson,  Columbus 1869 

1862      Mr.  Moses  Dickev 1869 

1863 


PRINCIPALS. 

Rev.  Henry  Bushnell,  A.  M.  1860-66      A.  W 


Williamson,  A.  M. 


...1866 


ASSOCIATE    PRINCIPALS    AND    TEACHERS. 


Mrs.  Harriet  M.  Bushnell  . .  .1860-66 
Miss  Marietta  O.  Ackev, 

1862-63,  1864-66 
Rev.  Hugh  B.  Scott,  A.  M. .  .1S63-64 
Mrs.  Anna  W.  Scott 1863-64 


Miss  Electa  T.  Whitehead..  .1864-67 

Miss  Jennie  P.  Covell 1S66 

Miss  Mella  E.  P.  Whitehead.  1807-68 

Miss  Fenie  Robinson 1867-68 

Miss  M.  R.  Leckv 1868 


PUPILS. 

Aldrich,  Nelson  C Ashley 

Adams,  John Harlem 

Adams,  Franklin  G Columbus 

Adams,  Lewellvn Harlem 

Agler,  Orrin  W C.  C. 

Allen,  David  A C.  C. 

Anderson,  Periander..  .New  Albany 

Agler,  Hamer .Mifflin 

Adams,  Harriet  E Constantia 

Adams,  Losetta  D Harlem 

Aldrich,  Cornelia  A Ashley 

Albery,  Mary  A Jersey 

Albery,  Nancy  A Jersey 

Albery,  Alice ." Jersey 

Albery,  Martha  E Jersey 

Allen*  Lettie Beech 

Allen,  Hannah Boundary,  Ind. 

A  nderson.  Sallie  31 Hope 

Arnold,  Elizabeth C.  C. 

Baughman,  Joshua     Mifflin 

Benedict,  Charles  W C.  C. 

Bills,  James C.  C. 


Barber,  Solomon C.  C. 

Barnes,  Elijah  W Lewis  Centre. 

Benton,  Wm.  E Ostrander 

Beatley,  Charles Gahanna 

Bell,  Charles  A Worthingion 

Bell,  Frank Worth ington 

Born.  Jacob Columbus 

Bunn,  Lewis Grovepon 

Baker,  Thomas  E Porter 

Barnhard,  John  W C.  C. 

Brown,  Ignatius Smithburg,  Md. 

Budd,  David  H Maxwell 

Brown,  John  H Harri^burg 

Bullen,  Albert  D Grove  City 

Beem,  Herbert Beech 

Beem,  David  Edward Beech 

Baughman,  Sylvester C.  C. 

Bacon.  Sadosa Clintonville 

Baldwin,  Hannah  E VVesterville 

Betts,  Lizzie Williamsport 

Bacon,  Sylvia  A Clintonville 

Baldwin.'  Mary Lawrence.  Kan. 


Brigham,  Geor< 
Babbit,  S.  B... 


;e  A. 


Lewis  Centre 
.  New  Albany 


Brelsford,  Mary  E, 
Beat  lev,  Alma 


Gahanna 
Gahanna 


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Beam,  Mellie Beech 

Brown,  Sarah Maxwell 

Budd,  Jarusha  Blendon 

Budd,  Mattie Maxwell 

Barr,  Hannah  M Park's  Mills 

Bacon,  Lida Clintonville 

Bronson,  Ida Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Barn,  Llannah Worthington 

Campbell,  George  W C.  C. 

Clouse,  Thomas New  Albany 

Cummings,  Orson  L.  ..Lewis  Centre 

Cunningham,  Wm.  H C.  C. 

Camp,  W.  S New  Alban v 

Clapham,  Milton C.  C. 

Clapham,  William  C Maxwell 

Creighton,  Wilson  S Gahanna 

Chapman,  James  F.  .New  California 

Crist,  John  W C.  C. 

Cubbage,  Peter C.  C. 

Campbell,  Robert  B New  Albany 

Case,  Thomas  W C.  C. 

Cox,  George  M Columbus 

Cox,  Robert  A Columbus 

Clark,  George  W Blendon 

Coons,  Adam New  Albany 

Collum,  Milan  A Kingston 

Condit,  Morton  S Trenton 

Covell,  Charles  S . . . . C.  C. 

Clapham,  John  L Maxwell 

Courtright,  John Georgesville 

Crippin,  J.  C Orange  Station 

Cubbage,  Wm ...C  C. 

Clark,  Charles Blendon 

Clark,  Harrison Lewis  Centre 

Coe,  George Worthington 

Coil,  George Hope 

Campbell,  Jane  0 C.  C. 

Campbell,  Sarah C.  C. 

Clark,  Martha  J Maxwell 

Clapham,  Mary  I C.  C. 

Cuuningham,  Samantha  R C.  C. 

Campbell,  Orlena  J C.  C. 

Cratty,  Sarah  A Ostrander 

Curtiss,  Hattie  W Galena 

Carpenter,  Estelle  L. . .  New  Albany 

Case,  Huldah Worthington 

Case,  Emma  A Worthington 

Case,  Sylvia C.  C. 

Case,  Emma  E C.  C. 

Case,  Sarah  E C.  C. 

Closson,  Frances New  Albany 

Carpenter,  Ella Sunbury 

Case,  Flora Worthington 

Case,  Irene Worthington 

Clemens.  Cynthia Sunbury 

Case,  Effie  A C.  (1 

Chandler,  Sarah  E Berlin 

Condit,  Allie  J Trenton 

Condit,  Matrie  E Trenton 

Covell,  Annis C.  C. 

Campbell,  Nettie C.  C. 


Campbell,  Jerusha C.  C. 

Clapham,  Bell Maxwell 

Clossen,  Julia C.  C. 

Clark,  Eunice C.  C. 

Clapham,  Jennie Maxwell 

Clapham,  Rosetta CO. 

Clapham,  Orlena C.  C. 

Clark,  Cora Lewis  Centre 

Dean.  Edward  P C.  C. 

Dill,  Wallace  C C,  C. 

Doran,  Samuel New  Albany 

Dean,  Charles  A C.  C 

Dickey.  Clarence  W C.  (\ 

Dill,  James  A C.  C. 

Decker,  John  W Groveport 

Donuan,  Charles Ashley 

Day,  Warren Westervilfe 

DeGood,  Wilbur Ostrander 

Dickerman,  Sterling  T Berlin 

Drake,  Douglas  C Columbus 

Dubois,  Samuel  W C.  G. 

Duckworth,  Henry  J. .  .Vans  Valley 

Day,  Waldron .C.  C. 

Davis,  Clinton  II Georgesville 

Davis,  Jesse  R Georgesville 

Donovan,  D.  G Gahanna 

Digger,  Wesley  H CO. 

Davis,  Jesse  V Georgesville 

Dean,  Eliza  C C.  C. 

Day,  Mary  F Blendon 

Dean,  Anna  M Ostrander 

Dean,  Jennie  M Ostrander 

Dean,  Marv  0 Ostrander 

Dalzell,  Phe.be  C Columbus 

Dickev,  Alice  L CO. 

Dill,  Marcella C.  C. 

Dennett,  Ella Jersey 

Dickerman,  Ellen  A Constantia 

Dickerman,  Harriet  A. .  .Constantia 

Dill,  Melissa C,  C. 

Doyle,  Julia Columbus 

Durling,  Jennie Harlem 

Dawson,  Chloe Trenton 

Dickerman,  Viola  E Constantia 

Dixon,  Rhoda  M Maxwell 

Durling,  Lida Harlem 

Durling,  Marv  E Harlem 

Dalzell,  Jennie  C Millln 

Dickerman,  Hattie Constantia 

Dickey,  Alma 0.  C. 

Elliot*  Benjamin  F Sunbury 

Evans,  A.  B Hp]KJ 

Foster,  George C.  C 

Fowler,  Silas Vail's  X  Roads 

Freeman,  Thompson  P Trenton 

Farber,  James  H   New  Albany 

Foster,  Louis Weeten  ihe 

Farber,  Joseph Bee<*h 

Fancher,  John C.  C. 

Ferris,  Hannah  M Marysvilie 

Fogle,  Rachel  E Shattuckeburg 


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Person,  Sarah East  Orange 

Fester,  Amanda VVesterviile 

Flannegin,  Rosa  A Ostrander 

Fcapkum,  Ann  A., 

New  Harmon v,  Mo. 

Fowler,  Delia  A Vail's  X  Roads 

Fancher,  Salina C.  C. 

Fancher,  Mary  S C.  C. 

Frankum,  Amelia  A., 

New  Harmony,  Mo. 

Garner,  James  M ...  Columbus 

Graham,  Win.  W CO. 

Guerin,  Win.  E New  Albany 

Grinnell,  Newell  W Blendon 

Grinnell,  Ella  D Blendon 

Groves,  Wm.  E Milllin 

Guerin,  Lovett  T New  Albany 

Grinnell,  Emory Blendon 

Garner,  Noah CO. 

Gray,  Bingham Liberty 

Green,  Merwin Reynoldsburg 

Gunderman.  John Reynoldsburg 

Gardner,  Lyman Powell 

Gould,  James  M Columbus 

Gunderman,  Louis Gahanna 

Gardner,  George Georgesville 

Gates,  DeWitt CC. 

Goble,  Frank Worthington 

Goble,  John Worthington 

Graham,  Agnes C.  C. 

Gill,  Mary Blendon 

Gill,  Anna  E      Blendon 

Grinnel,  Ella  D Blendon 

Gravina,  Irene New  Albany 

Glass,  Mary  A Genoa 

Grist,  Lida Sunbury 

Gordon,  Maggie  J Sullivan,  Ind. 

Gray,  Clara  E Liberty 

Gray,  Mary  M Liberty 

Green,  Susan  C Trenton 

Green,  Mary  E Trenton 

Green,  Lizzie  J Reynoldsburg 

Green,  Sadie Maxwell 

Gastinger,  Mary CC. 

Green,  Martha Maxwell 

Garner,  Maggie Columbus 

Garner,  Emma C.  C. 

Gates,  Irene C.  C. 

Giger,  Sophia Beech 

Horlocker,  Milo  J Mifflin 

Florn,  Jonathan  E C.  C. 

Howard.  Mitchell  C C.  C. 

Hart,  Henry  Clay C.  C. 

Holmes,  J.  A Gahanna 

Holmes,  George  S Gahanna 

Howard,  Albert Alton 

Holmes,  Emrv Gahanna 

Hooper,  Wesley  W.,  Chillieuthe,  Mo. 

Howard,  Joseph  B Alton 

Hunt,  Henry  A Pharisburg 

Hard,  Mahlon Worthington 


Hard,  Miron  E Worthington 

Hard,  Sylvester , .  .Worthington 

Hard,  Norton Worthington 

Haven,  John Black  Lick 

Huddleson,  Stephen..      .Grove  Citv 
Fluddleson,  Jasper  M. .  .Mt.  Sterling 

Hardin,  Franklin Beech 

Hooper,  O.-man C.  C. 

Hoover,  Louis Grove  City 

Holton,  John Blendon 

Hoover,  George Grove  City 

Hinds,  Charles  Frank..  Worthington 

1  lays,  Benjamin Hope 

Hammond,  Franklin  . . . Clinton ville 

Hays,  Oliver C.  C. 

Ilahn, Grove  City 

Hyde,  Czarina East  Orange 

Harris,  Mary  E Columbus 

Hunt,  Hary  A Macon 

'  Haven,  Mary Ovid 

Hard,  Loie Worthington 

.  Hard,  Emma Worthington 

Irwin,  Frances New  Albany 

Irwin,  Sarah New  Albany 

Johnson,  Wm.  H New  Albany 

Jones,  George  L Constant ia 

Jordan,  Lester  E Pharisburg 

Jackson,  Edward Delaware 

Jackson,  Elwyn  B  . .  .  . Delaware 

Kuhns,  Alien New  Albany 

Kenny,  Alexander Porter 

Kelsey,  George  B C.  C. 

Ketchum,  Smith  C Condit 

Kelsey,  Asa  B C.  C. 

Kramer,  David Gahanna 

Kelsey,  John  H Kirkersville 

Keeler,  Orrell Harlem 

Keeler,  Orrell  H Galena 

King,  Alice  M.,  C.  C.  \  Baldwin 
King,  Anna  B.,  C.  C.  J      City,  Kan. 

Lee,  Frank C.  C. 

Lowry,  Robert  E Liberty,  Powell 

Leach,  Watson Vail's  X  Roads 

Livingston,  Edward  W. .  .Columbus 

Loomis,  Oscar  L CO. 

Lyon,  Oliver  N C.  C. 

Likes,  Llewellyn. .  .Kingston Centre 

Lyon,  Newton C.  C. 

Landon,  Win Westerville 

Linnabarv,  Burr Maxwell 

Lisle,  Wm.  J Alton 

Latta,  Francis Gahanna 

Lee,  Charles C.  C. 

Lisle,  Samuel Columbus 

Likens,  Willie Columbus 

Lecky,  Theodore Holmesville 

Lisle,  James  S • Alton 

Lewis,  Mary  1' Lewis  Centre 

Loomis,  Julia C.  C. 

Latta,  Mai  is  s  a Gahanna 

Latta,  Sarah  M Gahanna 


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Loomis,  Mary  L C.  C. 

Lyon,  Martha  M C.  C. 

Latta,  Elizabeth Gaharma 

Lee,  Mary C.  C. 

Lee,  N.  D Ashley 

Lyon,  Jennie C.  C. 

Livingston,  Nancy  J Columbus 

Lowry,  Anna  S Liberty 

Leidy,  Jennie  A Grove  City 

Lydie,  Jennie  A Grove  City 

Mann,  L.  H Center  Village 

McClurg,  Franklin C.  C. 

McCullough,  James  W. .  .Union  Co. 

McCullough,  John  F Union  Co. 

Moore,  Wallace  II Mifflin 

Mattoon,  Joshua  L C.  C. 

Mattoon,  Francis Maxwell 

Mauger,  Frederic  L Wagram 

Mauger,  Jacob  L Wagram 

Merrill,  George  W  .  .Bear  Grove,  la. 

Myers.  Asa  £ La  Rue 

Marriott,  Greenburv  J Harlem 

McLeod,  Albert  L  . C.  C. 

McMillen,  John  W Sunhury 

McWhirk,  Horace Westerville 

Mc Williams,  Wm.  S Alton 

Mann,  Auston  A Ovid 

Mann,  Joseph Maxwell 

Martin,  Samuel  A Pharisburg 

Martin,  Oliver  B Pharisburg 

Mattoon,  Frank  A Maxwell 

McLeod,  Edward  M Maxwell 

McLeod,  Henry  A C.  0. 

Marriott,  J.  G Harlem 

McLeod,  E.  Miles Maxwell 

McLeod,  Edward  C Maxwell 

McLeod,  Miles  Clinton Maxwell 

Marriott,  Francis  Marion  . .  .Harlem 
McDowell,  Calvin  R.,  New  California 

McDowell,  N.  L New  California 

Martin,  Albert Worthington 

McCoy,  John Alton 

McClurg,  Ethelbert Hope 

McGiven,  Charles Grove  City 

McKittrick,  Cory  don,  New  California 

Mattoon,  Arthur Maxwell 

Martin,  George  S Pharisburg 

Mattoon,  Delia C.  C. 

Mattoon,  Carrie C.  C. 

McCullough,  Lizzie Union  Co. 

Moore,  Mary  A Mifflin 

Morris,  Carrie  F Harlem 

Martin,  Priscilla Maxwell 

Mattoon,  Anna  M C.  C. 

McLeod,  Catherine  E C.  C. 

Murphy,  Malinda Van's  Valley 

McCullough,  Sattie  J Ostrander 

Martin,  Kate Jersey 

McCurdy,  Frances  E...New  Albany 

McCutchan,  Emma Bryan 

McCutchan,  Ella  R Sunbury 


McLeod.  Kate  E 0.  C. 

McWhirk,  Henrietta  C Blendon 

Medford,  Mary  A Winchester 

Miller,  Delilah  A Reynoldsbur-- 

McLeod,  Carrie Maxwell 

Martin,  Ella  J. . . Worthington 

Martin,  Mary  G Worthington 

Miller,  Hattie Hope 

McCoy,  Anna West  Jefferson 

McColly,  Eva C.  C. 

Neiswinder,  Henry Gahanna 

Neill,  Wm.  A Ashley 

Neiswender,  Aaron Grove  City 

Newcomb,  Nellie Columbus 

Nutt,  Mary  A Maxwell 

Neds,  Anna  Louise Powell 

Nungesser,  Rebecca C.  C. 

Osborne,  Delia Blendon 

Osborne,  Nettie Blendon 

O'Harra,  Lida Columbus 

Pace,  Isaac Van's  Vallev 

Park,  Florton Mifflin 

Paull,  Walter Gahanna 

Phelns,  Chauncey  W Blendon 

Phelps,  Clinton  E Blendon 

Pinney,  John  H Blendon 

Pinney,  Grove  W Blendon 

Paull,  Win.  W Gahanna 

Pinney,  Horace  D Blendon 

Pool,  Joseph  A Lewis  Centre 

Pace,  Nathan Van's  Valley 

Perrv,  George C.  0. 

Postle,  Wm.  Y Alton 

Palmer,  Cor  win  F Wagram 

Pheneger,  Henry  A Columbus 

Pontious,  John  W Gahanna 

Phillips,  Frank  P Marengo 

Price,  James Delaware 

Peters,  David  B Columbus 

Peters,  Wilson Columbus 

Perry,  John  R C.  C. 

Pugh,  John Reynoldsburg 

Pugh,  Daniel Reynoldsburg 

I'almer,  William Wagram 

Pheneger,  Benjamin Columbus 

Postle,  Amos Alton 

Priest,  Andrew  L Hope 

Park,  MaryE CO. 

Phelps,  Mary  J Columbus 

Pinney,  Laura  H Blendon 

Powers,  Lucy Delaw  are 

Phillips,  Sallie Columbus 

Phillips,  Anilla Columbus 

Pierce,  Anna Galena 

Perfect,  Martha Galena 

Phelps,  Jennie  A Blendon 

Park,  Helen Park's  Mill- 
Park,  Helena Park's  Milk 

Pinney,  Flora Blendon 

Porter,  Sarah Chicago,  111. 

Quinn,  Celinda Westerville 


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Rockey,  George  C Columbus 

Robs,  Wm.  H Gahanna 

Rees,  Byron  W ... Columbus 

Ridell,  Charles Gab  anna 

Rees,  Egbert Gahanna  - 

Ross,  Alexander Gahauna 

Ridenour,  John  N Etna 

Rhodes,  Charles  M Jersey 

Rhodes,  Albert  S Canton,  la. 

Rigbey,  Charles  W.. St.  Johns,  N.B. 

Roberts,  Clinton Macon.  Mo. 

Ramsey,  David  F Condit 

Ranney,  John  H New  Albany 

Riddle,  Charles Gahanna 

Richards.  George  H Cincinnati 

Rees,  Charles. ...  Columbia  Center 
Ritchie,  Nathan. .  .Columbia  Center 

Ritchie,  John Columbia  Center 

Ridenour,  Mary  E Etna 

Roof,  Sarah  A  , East  Orange 

Rigbey,  Margaret  H Kersey,  Pa. 

Roberts,  Cynthia  H Sunbury 

Rhodes,  Roletta  E Jersey 

Ridenour,  S.  Addie Etna 

Robertson,  Helen C.  C. 

Rugg,  Emma C.  C. 

Rugg,  Sootie C.  C. 

Roland,  Gusie Columbus 

Selbert,  Charles C.  C. 

Starr,  Augustine C.  C. 

Stygler,  Win.  A Gahanna 

Scofield,  Edward  W Constantia 

Scott,  Judson  J Delaware 

Skeels,  Charles  W Pharisburg 

Skeels,  Wm.  L Pharisburg 

Shull,  Lewis Gahanna 

Shull,  Solomon  A Gahanna 

Skeels,  Milton  V Pharisburg 

Strong,  Joseph  C C.  C. 

Sherman,  Cornelius  A Marengo 

Smith,  Stephen  G New  Albany 

Spencer,  Elman Columbus 

Slambach,  George Gahanna 

Smith,  Wm.  A  Omaha,  Neb. 

Stephenson,  Wm.  L Groveport 

Stimmel,  Jacob Columbus 

Short,  John Gahanna 

Shull,  Sherman Gahanna 

Smith,  Homer Hope 

Snyder,  Francis Gahanna 

Starr,  S.  Craig C.  C. 

Staggers,  Amanda  C Mifflin 

Spooner,  Virginia C.  C. 

Stygler,  Mary  0 Gahanna 

Satterly,  Mary  E Constantia 

Scott,  Laura  A Delaware 

Smith,  Martha  A Orange  Station 

Swartz,  Mary  A Mifflin 

Schofield,  Frances  M . . . .  Constantia 

Spencer,  Cloelia  R C.  C. 

Spencer,  Alice  A C.  C. 


Spooner,  Jennie C.  C. 

Spooner,  Luie  M Berkshire 

Shrum,  Libbie .Columbus 

Smith,  Loie Beech 

Strong,  Sarah  R C.  C 

Taylor,  Richard  D C.  C. 

Taylor,  Anthony  P New  Albany 

Thompson.  Arthur Granville 

Triplett,  Arthur New  Albany 

Taylor,  Franklin  A. . .  New  Albany 

Trumbull,  Edward  B C.  C. 

Tavlor,  Truman  W New  Albany 

Tuller,  Willis  M Liberty 

Tuller,  Milo  A Liberty 

Thompson,  Alice  M Granville 

Thompson,  Kate  E Constantia 

Thompson,  Nettie  M Constantine 

Trumbull,  Alice  A C.  C. 

Trumbull,  Augusta  A C.  C. 

Thompson,  Melissa  H  . .  .Constantia 

Thompson,  Helen  G Constantia 

Talmadge,  Matilda  ..  .Reynoldsburg 

Talmadge,  Martha Reynoldsburg 

Thomas,  Mary  A. .Liberty 

Torrence,  Jennie Blendon 

Tyler,  Josephine  A Harlem 

Ulry,  George  A New  Albany 

Uncles,  Martha  J C.  C. 

Vance,  George  A Blendon 

Vance,  Edward  P Blendon 

Van  Kirk,  Crayton Beech 

Vansceiver,  James Grove  City 

Vance,  Julia  A Blendon 

Vance,  Ellen .Blendon 

Vansceiver,  Naomi Grove  City 

Wigton,  Alonzo Ashley 

Wallingford,  Joseph  L Columbus 

Warner,  Wm.  A Shattucksburg 

Watson,  James C.  C. 

Williams,  Henry  M Harlem 

Wright,  Warren  H Troy,  N.  Y. 

Wilcox,  John . . .  * East  Orange 

Wilcox,  J.  H East  Orange 

Wengert,  George Gahanna 

Wigton,  Harrison  W Ashley 

Williams,  Thomas  W Harlem 

Wickieer,  Simon  H..  .Center  Village 

Watson,  Thomas  C Liberty 

Weaver,  DeWitt  C Columbus 

Williams,  James  S Harlem 

Wilson,  Robert  E Sunbury 

Wilson,  James  A Trenton 

Williams,  Ruesel  B.  .Orange  Station 

Worthington,  George Columbus 

Whitehead.  Wm.  L Jersey 

Wickiper,  Francis  M Harlem 

Williams,  Franklin Harlem 

Watson,  DeWitt .....CO. 

Wagner,  Luzerne Hope 

White,  Alexander  S Grove  City 

Wilson,  Frank Hope 


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Williams,  Miles  . .  .Pleasant  Corners 

Williams,  Carrie  E Harlem 

Williams,  Asenath Harlem 

Wright,  Emma  V C.  C. 

Wright,  Anna  M C.  C. 

Wigton,  Mary  L Ashley 

Winget,  Maria  S Ostrander 

Winter,  Mary  0 New  Albany 

Walker,  Anna Sunbury 

Walker,  Adelia  M Sunbury 

Wilcox,  Laura  J East  Orange 

Williams,  Jerusha Harlem 

Williams,  llalie Harlem 

Walker,  Rose Sunbury 

Wigton,  Alice  A Ashley 

Williams,  Kate  A • Harlem 


Williams,  Rose  E Harlem 

Wright,  Virginia  L 0.  (J. 

Williams,  Emma. .  .Plattsville,  Wis. 

Williams,  Mattie  L C.  C 

Williams,  Mary  L C.  C. 

Williams,  Mahala Harlem 

Wright,  Allie CO. 

Wright,  Martha  J 0.0. 

Wright,  Samantha  S C.  C. 

Williams,  Martha  L C.  C. 

Williams,  Linnie  A C.  C. 

Wright,  Alvina  S 0.0. 

Wignell,  Mary  E Grove  City 

Williams,  Elizabeth Harlem 

Williams,  Il'tildah Harlem 

Wright,  Sarah  S C.  C. 


Professor  Clayton  L.  Dickey  of  Central  College,  now  a  resident  of  Colum- 
bus, 0.,  had  charge  of  the  school  during  the  last  three  years  of  its  existence, 
closing  in  1892. 

The  situation,  being  far  from  railroads,  made  it  very  inconvenient  and 
expensive  getting  to  and  from  ;  other  colleges  were  more  advantageously 
located,  and  although  the  natural  surroundings  were  very  desirable,  and 
the  means  of  education  extremely  reasonable,  the  institution  was  not  self- 
supporting. 

The  property  consisted  of  nineteen  acres,  upon  which  was  the  three-story, 
24-room  brick  dormitory  building  erected  in  1841.  The  large  brick  building 
erected  for  the  ladies'  hall  was  sold  in  1S93  to  the  Ohio  Deaf  Mute  Alumni 
Association,  a  society  composed  of  graduates  of  the  school  for  deaf  mutes, 
and  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Ohio.  The  intent  and  purpose  of  the 
Home  is  to  care  for  such  of  the  deaf  mutes  of  the  State  as  are  incapacitated 
by  reason  of  age  or  other  infirmities  from  caring  for  themselves,  and  that 
they  may  have  the  comforts  of  life  and  be  associated  with  those  who  use 
the  sign  language,  and  have  the  privilege  of  religious  services  in  that 
language. 

Thus  the  object  of  Mr.  Timothy  and  Mrs.  Rhoda  Lee  in  donating  their 
land  and  property  to  worthy  purposes  is  being  accomplished. 


REV.  HENRY  BUSHNELL. 


THIS  brief  history  of  the  life  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Bushnell, 
and  obituary,  prepared  by  the  Rev.  L.  H.  Shane,  pastor 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Westerville,  O.,  and  pub- 
lished in  the  Herald  and  Presbyter,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  of  the  date 
December  6,  1905,  as  follows  : 

Rev.  Henry  Bushnell  was  born  in  Granville,  Licking  County,  Ohio,  on 
January  31,  1824,  and  fell  asleep  in  Jesus  November  19,  1905,  in  Wester- 
ville, Franklin  Co.,  0. ;  buried  in  Maple  Grove  Cemetery,  Granville.  His 
parents,  Leonard  and  Julia  Lee-Bushnell,  of  Norwich  and  Haddarn,  Conn., 
came  to  Ohio  in  1816  and  settled  at  Granville;  both  died  there.  His  early 
life  was  spent  in  Granville,  attending  school  until  he  entered  Marietta 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1845.  Lie  then  entered  Lane  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  remaining  there  two  years,  then  studying  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  graduating  from  that  seminary  in  184S.  From  his  early  childhood 
he  was  mild-tempered,  obedient,  conscientious,  studious,  devout — and  when 
but  thirteen  years  of  age,  conducted  family  worship  in  turn  with  his 
widowed  mother,  thus  early  he  laid  the  foundation  for  a  useful  life.  While 
young  he  had  delicate  health,  and  was  assured  while  yet  engaged  in  study 
that  he  would  not  live  for  more  than  one  year,  but  with  full  determination, 
careful  living,  and  moderate  exercise,  he  developed  a  strong  constitution, 
which  enabled  him  to  give  to  the  world  the  useful  life  which  followed. 

On  September  5,  1552,  he  was  ordained  a  minister  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Franklin.  lie  served  as  pastor  at  New  Lexington,  0.,  for  lour  years,  and 
at  Marysville,  0.,  four  years.  His  wife  was  Miss  Harriet  Thompson,  of 
Granville,  who  was  a  real  companion  and  great  helper  until  her  health 
failed,  she  was  a  helpless  invalid  for  several  years,  then  died,  their  two 
children  preceded  her.  In  May,  18G0,  his  health  not  being  good,  he  gave 
up  his  charge  and  became  identified  with  the  Academy  School  at  Central 
College;  after  six  years  in  charge  the  school  was  in  fine  condition.  He 
gave  up  the  school  and  accompanying  his  mother  and  sister  Julia,  removed 
to  Oregon  to  care  for  the  children  of  their  deceased  sister,  Mrs.  Dr.  John- 
son ;  the  sister  Julia  later  married  Dr.  Johnson,  who  was  an  invalid,  and 
they  cared  for  him.  Such  was  his  kind  helpful  nature.  Their  journey 
was  by  steamship  from  New  York,  via  Panama,  to  Portland.  He  remained 
there  for  several  years  in  educational  work,  returning  to  Ohio,  he  again 
took  up  work  at  Central  College  as  financial  agent.  He  had  such  confidence 
in  the  location  that  he  advanced  a  large  portion  of  his  capital,  about  $1,500, 
in  the  erecting  of  a  large  brick  building  to  be  used  as  a  boarding  hall  for 
female  students,  also  recitation  rooms. 

There  being  no  railroad  nearer  than  two  miles,  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Bush- 
nell, assisted  by  the  Wooster  University,  and  the  many  friends  of  the 
Central  College  Academy,  failed  to  bring  success.  \\\  1885  he  located  in 
Westerville,  three  miles  away,  and  engaged  in  keeping  a  bookstore.  He 
wrote  a  history  of  Granville,  Licking  County,  Ohio,  which  was  published 
in  1889.    He  contributed  to  the  newspapers,  church  papers  and  magazines, 

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308  Rev.  Henry  Bushnell.  [Oct., 

and  his  writings,  on  whatever  subject  they  might  be,  were  acceptable  aixl 
full  of  interest.  His  sister,  Mrs.  Julia  B.  Johnson,  became  -his  constant 
companion.  He  was  an  ever  welcome  supply  in  the  ministry  at  the  church, 
he  preached  many  funeral  sermons  of  the  aged  and  the  young  in  families 
where  he  was  so  well  known  and  loved;  he  was  thus  called  upon  to  take 
charge  of  many  funerals  of  persons  who  had  been  students  in  his  dharge, 
or  who  had  for  many  years  worshipped  at  the  same  church  with  him. 

He  enjoyed  meeting  and  visiting  with  old  friends.  His  last  visit  to 
Granville  was  during  the  centennial  celebration  of  the  settlement,  during 
the  first  week  of  September,  1905;  that  meeting  with  his  many  friends  he 
enjoyed  greatly.  He  had  for  many  weeks  previous  remained  very  quiet  eo 
as  to  preserve  his  strength  for  the  occasion.  The  last  two  months  of  his 
earthly  career  was  spent  quietly  at  his  home  with  his  sister,  his  mam- 
warm  friends,  and  the  pastor  of  his  church,  and  those  of  other  churches 
calling  upon  him  very  often.  In  1898  he  had  a  very  severe  sickness,  it  was 
thought  by  his  friends  that  he  could  not  live.  He  sent  for  a  very  young 
physician,  and  said  to  him,  "  I  wish  that  you  would  treat  me,  I  have  faith 
that  your  treatment  will  effect  a  cure."  It  did,  and  he  said  that  his  faith 
in  the  young  physician  gave  the  physician  faith  in  his  efforts. 

It  was  in  the  quiet  home,  presided  over  by  his  beloved  sister,  who  had 
ministered  tenderly  to  his  wants  for  three  years,  that  the  call  came,  and 
Rev.  Henry  Bushnell  "  was  not,  for  God  took  him."  All  his  life  he  was  an 
earnest  consistent  christian,  a  preacher  of  the  word,  having  implicit  faith 
in  the  teachings  of  the  Bible,  and  himself  a  living  epistle,  known  and  read 
of  all  men,  all  who  knew  him  revered,  honored  and  loved  him.  Bright  and 
cheery  beyond  the  usual,  faithful  in  all  duties  as  a  minister,  a  teacher,  a 
citizen,  his  death  made  a  deep  impression  on  all  who  knew  him.-  Many 
lives  were  made  better  by  coming  into  touch  with  his  life.  Year  after  year 
by  patient  endurance,  by  complete  resignation,  he  exemplified  that  chris- 
tian character  that  is  the  heritage  of  God's  children.  All  the  christian 
graces  bloomed  and  brought  forth  fruit  in  him,  and  thus  in  full  age,belovc<l 
by  all,  at  the  midnight  hour,  Henry  Bushnell  went  home,  for  "  he  was  a 
good  man  and  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost.'' 

We  who  knew  the  Rev.  Henry  Bushnell  from  the  time  when  he  came  to 
Central  College,  until  the  date  of  his  last  sickness,  will  so  long  as  memory 
la^ts,  revere  his  memory.     He  was  truly  a  good  man. 


TIMOTHY  LEE. 

By  H.  Warren  Phelps. 

TIMOTHY  LEE,  the  founder  of  Central  College  Academy, 
born  in  Conway,  Mass.,  August  14,  1785,  was  the  son  of 
Eber  and  Bethia  (Jenkins)  Lee.  The  family  removed 
to  Sullivan,  Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1806,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1807  Timothy  went  to  Ohio.  He  first  stopped  at 
Worthington,  in  Franklin  County,  having  been  six  weeks  in 
making  the  journey.  In  1807  he  located  upon  lands  in  Town- 
ship 2,  Range  17,  U.  S.  Military  Lands  ;  500  acres,  under  a 
Major's  warrant  of  the  U.  S.  A.,  which  warrant  he  had  pur- 
chased. He  afterwards  purchased  170  acres  adjoining;  this 
land  was  situated  on  Big  Walnut  (or  Gahanna)  Creek,  and  in 
what  was  afterwards  named  Blendon  Township.  He  then  went 
to  Kentucky,  and  labored  in  a  woolen  cloth  factory  at  his  trade, 
a  fuller  of  cloth,  until  1S12.  He  served  as  a  private  soldier  in 
the  American  army  at  some  period,  1812  to  1814,  which  mili- 
tary experience  fitted  him  in  after  years  to  command  an  inde- 
pendent company  of  militia. 

In  1812  he  settled  on  his  lands  in  Blendon  Township,  built  a 
distillery,  a  mill  to  grind  grain,  and  one  to  saw  lumber,  thus 
accommodating  the  settlers.  His  cabin  was  situated  nearly 
two  miles  from  any  other  settler;  being  alone,  at  one  time  he 
was  sick  for  three  weeks  entirely  without  attention. 

On  August  2,  1S19,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Rhoda  Taylor,  daughter  of  John  and  Pamelia  (Yale)  Taylor,  of 
Charlotte,  Vt.  The  Taylors  with  their  nine  children  had  come 
to  Ohio  with  ox  teams  in  1810,  stopping  at  the  Newark  settle- 
ment. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  and  one  child,  the  eldest  daughter, 
died  with  some  prevalent  disease  in  1812;  a  son  was  born  to 
the  Taylors  a  short  time  before  their  death.  A  sister  to  John 
Taylor,  Joanna,  married  John  Williams,  of  Burlington,  Vt.,  who 
died,  and  she  with  her  daughter  Sarah,  who  married  Sylvester 
Hough,  settled  in  Delaware  County,  on  Big  Walnut  Creek,  on 
what  was  afterwards  known  as  Yankee  Street,  on  lands  running 
west  to  the  creek  at  what  has  since  been  known  as  the  Ox-bow 
Bend.  Rhoda  Taylor  resided  with  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Hough, 
and  was  a  school  teacher.  She  there  became  acquainted  with 
Mr.  Lee.     Her  father  and  six  of   his   brothers   served   in   the 

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[Oct., 


American  army  during  the  Revolutionary  War  ;  two  of  the 
brothers  being  taken  prisoner  when  Fort  Washington  was 
surrendered,  died  on  the  prison  ship  in  Wallabout  Bay. 

Pamelia  Yale's  parents  were  Aaron  and  Anna  (Hosmer) 
Yale. 

Mrs.  Lee,  no  doubt,  had  great  influence  (in  the  educational 
line)  in  Mr.  Lee's  actions  and  deeds,  and  she  should  be  a 
sharer  in  the  honors.  Mr.  Lee  held  the  office  of  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  fifteen  years.  In  1829  he  was  converted,  and  during 
the  rest  of  his  life  held  family  devotional  worship  and  was  a 
true  Christian.     He  was  a  very  stern  man. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lee  used  their  influence  and  means  to  establish 
what  was  known  as  the  Blendon  Institute,  on  the  Lee  farm, 
where  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Washburn,  Mr.  Madison  and  wife, 
Rev.  L.  A.  Sawyer,  and  Stillman  Tucker,  taught  a  select  school. 
This  was  kept  up  until  the  Central  College  was  established  in 
1841. 

In  1829,  when  efforts  were  being  made  to  build  a  church  in 
the  center  of  the  township  so  as  to  accommodate  all  of  the 
people,  the  Lees  joined  with  Edward  Phelps,  and  jointly  deeded 
two  acres  of  land  to  the  people  of  Blendon  Township  forever, 
for  church  and  burial  purposes.  A  church  was  built,  which  in 
less  than  three  weeks  burned  down.  In  1S30  another  frame 
church  was  erected  on  the  lot  given  by  Edward  Phelps,  Sr.,  and 
opposite  the  site  where  the  former  church  stood,  that  lot  being 
reserved  for  the  cemetery.    The  chureh  was  completed  in  1833. 


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The  Rt.  Rev.  Sylvester  H.  Rosecrans. 


BISHOP  ROSECRANS. 

By  Mns,  Luke  G.  Byrne. 

YLVESTER  HORTON  ROSECRANS,  the  first  Bishop 
of  the  Diocese  of  Columbus,  was  born  at  Homer,  Licking 
County,  Ohio,  on  February  5,  1S27.  He  was  of  Dutch  par- 
entage, his  father,  Crandall  Rosecrans,  having  come  to  Ohio  in 
180S  from  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  His  mother,  Jane  Hopkins,  was  the 
^granddaughter  of  Stephen  Hopkins,  Governor  of  Rhode  Island 
in  the  troublesome  times  of  the  Revolution.  His  nervous  si^na- 
ture  on  the  Declaration  of  Independence  elicited  this  remark 
from  him:  "My  hand  may  tremble,  but  my  heart  does  not." 
Stephen  Hopkins  was  also  one  of  the  committee  that  drafted 
the  articles  of  confederation  for  the  government  of  the  States. 
Of  him  John  Adams  says  :  "The  pleasantest  part  of  my  labor 
was  in  this  committee  ;  the  others  were  sensible  men  and  very 
cheerful,  but  Governor  Hopkins  of  Rhode  Island,  though  70 
years  of  age,  kept  us  all  alive.  Upon  business,  his  experience 
and  judgment  were  very  useful,  but  when  the  business  of  the 
evening  was  over  he  kept  us  in  conversation  until  11  and  some- 
times 12  o'clock.  He  studied  Greek,  Roman  and  British  his- 
tory, and  was  familiar  with  English  poetry,  and  the  flow  of  his 
soul  made  all  his  reading  our  own,  and  seemed  to  bring  in  rec- 
ollections, to  all  of  us,  all  we  had  ever  read." 

Several  members  of  the  family  of  Jane  Hopkins  were  killed 
in  the  massacre  of  Wyoming  Valley,  Pa.,  in  1778.  The  strength 
of  character  and  brilliancy  of  mind  early  exhibited  by  Bishop 
Rosecrans,  was  the  rightful  inheritance  of  such  an  ancestry.  He 
was  the  youngest  of  three  sons  ;  the  eldest,  the  famous  General 
W.  S.  Rosecrans.  As  a  boy  he  was  sent  to  Kenyon  College,  while 
the  General  pursued  his  studies  at  West  Point,  later  becoming 
a  professor  there.  Mutual  trust  and  deep  affection  character- 
ized the  relation  of  the  brothers,  which  on  the  part  of  the  elder 
assumed  a  fatherly  care,  so  it  is  not  a  matter  of  surprise  when 
we  learn  that  upon  the  General  embracing  the  Catholic  faith 
after  mature  deliberation  and  careful  study,  the  younger  brother 
turned  his  thoughts  in  the  same  direction,  and  his  analytical 
mind  and  ingenuous  attitude  of  soul  soon  brought  him  to  the 
same  altar. 

In  1845  he  was  baptized  into  that  faith  to  which  he  ever  after 
devoted  ail  the  energies  of  his  body  and  soul.  His  parents 
were  not  in  favor  of  this  decisive  step,  being  of  strong  non- 
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[Oct. 


Catholic  tendencies,  but  seeing  the  faith  and  sincerity  of  their 
sons,  this  strong  opposition  ceased,  and  his  mother  at  last 
died  in  the  practice  of  Catholicity. 

At  this  time  General  Rosecrans  placed  his  young  brother  in 
St.  John's  College,  Fordham,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  graduated 
with  high  honors  before  he  had  completed  his  twentieth  year. 
Experiencing  a  strong  impulsion  toward  the  priesthood,  he 
applied  for  direction  and  advice  to  his  own  Bishop,  the  Rt.  Rev. 
John  B.  Purcell  of  Cincinnati,  afterwards  Archbishop  and  Patri- 
arch of  the  West.  This  great  and  good  man  recognized  the 
sterling  qualities  of  the  youth,  and  immediately  sent  him  to  the 
Propaganda  at  Rome,  where  all  his  theological  studies  were 
made.  There  he  distinguished  himself  by  his  intellectual  ability 
and  application,  and  carried  off  the  honors  of  his  class  with  his 
characteristic  humility  and  self-depreciation.  He  was  ordained 
in  Rome  with  one  hundred  other  young  men  on  the  16th  day  of 
July,  1852.  On  him  had  been  conferred  the  Doctor's  cap  in 
Theology,  and.  upon  the  dispersal  of  his  class  to  carry  their 
labors  into  the  assigned  fields,  Dr.  Rosecrans  returned  to  Cin- 
cinnati, to  place  himself  under  the  direction  of  his  Bishop. 

For  a  short  time  he  was  pastor  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  but 
was  soon  called  to  the  Cathedral  as  one  of  the  pastors,  where 
he  remained  for  seven  years.  During  this  time  he  also  acted 
in  the  capacity  of  Professor  of  Theology  at  Alt.  St.  Mary's 
Seminary,  for  which  his  great  learning  and  exhaustive  mind 
eminently  fitted  him.  The  fame  of  Dr.  Rosecrans  spread  far, 
to  which  his  pungent  and  concise  editorials  in  the  Catholic  Tele- 
graph,  published  in  Cincinnati,  added  much.  His  zeal  led  him 
into  many  labors  for  the  cause  of  religion. 

In  1859  Archbishop  Purcell  opened  a  college  in  Cincinnati 
over  which  he  placed  Dr.  Rosecrans  as  president,  and  there  he 
remained  until  the  college  was  closed  at  the  opening  of  the 
Civil  War  in  1861.  In  recognition  of  his  great  merits  and  emi- 
nent services,  and  at  the  request  of  the  Archbishop,  he  was 
raised  to  the  episcopacy  by  Pope  Pius  IX.  On  March  25/1802, 
he  was  consecrated  in  St.  Peter's  Cathedral,  Cincinnati.  For 
six  years  he  rendered  valuable  assistance  to  the  venerable 
Archbishop,  releasing  him  of  many  burdensome  duties  con- 
nected with  so  large  a  diocese.  In  this  capacity  he  laid  the 
cornerstone  of  St.  Joseph's  Church,  now  the  Cathedral  Church 
of  Columbus.     Later,  March  3,  1SG8,  upon  the  appointment  of 


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1906.]  '  Bishop  Rosecrans.  313 

Rt.  Rev.  Edward  Fitzgerald  to  the  Diocese  of  Little  Rock,  Dr. 
Rosecrans  was  sent  to  Columbus,  as  a  simple  parish  priest, 
until  the  division  of  the  large  arch-diocese  was  made,  and  the 
See  of  Columbus  created,  of  which  he  was  made  first  Bishop. 

The  difficulties  attendant  upon  the  establishment  of  a  new 
diocese,  with  the  organization  and  affiliation  of  his  clergy,  he 
surmounted  by  gentleness,  charity  and  sympathy.  For  ten  years 
he  labored  among  his  people,  never  forgetting  his  pastoral 
duties  in  the  exactions  of  his  office.  A  sincere  friend  to  all  in 
sorrow  ;  a  thoughtful  father  to  all  children,  whose  inmost 
thoughts  he  seemed  to  comprehend  and  appreciate  ;  a  lover  of 
outdoor  sports,  into  which  he  entered  with  zest  ;  all  his  conduct 
was  characterized  by  humility,  and  his  superiority  was  the 
natural  outgrowth  of  his  great  mind  and  heart. 

As  a  preacher  he  was  inclined  to  diffidence,  quiet,  undemon- 
strative, but  the  logic  and  depth  of  the  discourse  carried 
weight  and  impressed  the  hearer  deeply.  His  sermons  were 
short  and  compact,  filled  with  food  for  thought,  to  be  carried 
away.  There  is  one  little  printed  volume,  which  contains  a 
few  of  his  discourses,  published  under  the  title  of  "The  Divin- 
ity of  Christ."     It  is  of  remarkable  simplicity  and  beauty. 

Just  ten  years  he  lived  as  Bishop  of  Columbus,  during  which 
time  the  present  Cathedral  was  built,  St.  Mary's  of  the  Springs 
was  located,  St.  Joseph's  Academy  founded,  and  St.  Aloysius 
Academy,  at  New  Lexington,  and  St.  Vincent's  Orphan  Asy- 
lum ;  not  to  speak  of  the  numerous  parish  churches  and  schools. 
He  also  founded  the  Catholic  Columbian,  the  diocesan  organ,  to 
which  he  contributed  the  editorials  as  long  as  he  lived. 

The  consecration  of  the  Cathedral  occurred  October  20,  1878, 
attended  by  the  Archbishop,  eight  Bishops,  and  fifty  priests, 
who  observed  the  ritual,  with  pomp  and  ceremony.  But  the 
humble  Bishop  of  the  Church  was  stricken  with  his  last  illness 
and  died  the  next  day,  Monday,  October  21,  1878,  in  the  52d 
year  of  his  age. 

The  obsequies  were  held  on  Friday,  the  25th,  and  he  was 
laid  in  the  crypt  of  the  church,  under  the  high  altar.  So  that 
the  object  of  his  care  and  solicitude  in  life  became  his  monu- 
ment in  death. 


Note.— In  1*09.  John  Rosecrans  with  his  four  sons,  Abraham,  1-aae.  Jacob  and  John, 
and  Daniel  Rosecmns  and  l>i>  four  sons,  Nathaniel.  Jacob.  Periemas  and  Crandall  (with 
with  other  set UtTf),  emigrated  from  the  Wyoming  Valley,  Pa.,  to  Kingston  Tp.,  Delaware 
Co.,  Ohio. 

Dr.  Daniel  Rosecrans  first  Fettled  on  Little  Walnut  Creek,  and  was  the  first  Justice  of 
the  Peace  in  the  township,    Iu  isia  he  sold  and  purchased  further  south  on  Taylor  l\\\n. 

His  son  Crandall,  who  about  182-J  moved  to  IXouv  r,  Ohio,  m.  Jemima  Hopkins  They 
had  three  sons: 

i.    William  Stark  Rosecrans,  b.  Sept.  6, 1819;  JJaj.  I  en.  of  the  Q.  S.  Army.    Qrad. 

West  Point,  isij. 
ii.    Wesley  Rosecrans  :  a  farmer  in  Iowa. 

iii.    Sylvester  Rosecrans;  Bishop  oi  Columbus. 

—  IlSt.  of  Delaware  County. 


MALTBY  GENEALOGY. 

ENJAMIN4    MALTBIE,    or    Maltby    (Daniel\    Daniel; 
William'),  b.  in   Branford,   Conn,,  May  10,  1750,  d.  Jan. 
1,  1847,  in    Southington,  Trumbull    Co.,  Ohio.     He  m. 
July  5,  1771,   Abigail,  dau.  of  Reuben   Munger   and  Elizabeth 

,  Conn.,  Aug.  2(3,  1750,  d.  in 


B 


( )   Munger,  b.  in  

Groton,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  14,  1316.  Benjamin  lived  in  Branford, 
New  Haven  Co.,  Conn.,  in  the  division  of  Stony  Creek.  In 
1781  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Norfolk,  Litchfield  Co., 
Conn.,  where  he  lived  until  in  1813  or  1814  he  went  with  a 
son  to  N.  Y.  State.  In  1S19  he  came  with  his  son,  Daniel 
Maltby,  to  Southington,  Trumbull  Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death  on  Jan.  1,  1847.  He  served  as  a  private  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  in  two  different  regiments.  He  was  in 
the  battles  of  Long  Island  and  Saratoga.  Their  children 
were : 

2.  i.    Sime.on  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  20,  1772. 

3.  ii.     Benjamin  Maltby,  b.  July  7,  1773. 

iii.  Abigail  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  17,  1775,  d.  Jan.  4,  1S23.  She  m.  Oct.  6, 
1794,  Asa  Preston,  b.  Feb.  17,  1779,  d.  They  lived  in  Ohio  dur- 
ing the  latter  years  of  their  lives,  coming  from  Vermont.  Their 
children  were : 

I.    Harris  Preston,  b.  June  3, 1797,  d.  May,  1799. 

II.    Laura  Preston,  b.  Feb.  23, 1800,  in  Middlebury,  Vt.,  m.  June  16, 1845, 
Ira  Rose  of  Bristol,  Ohio,  b.  17, 1786,  d.  May  3,  1865,  in  Hambden, 
.  Geauga  Co.,  Ohio. 

III.  Buel  Preston,  b.  Jan.  7, 1S02. 

IV.  Candace  Preston,  born  May,  1803,  d. 
V.    Benham  Preston,  b.  July  5, 1S05. 

VI.    Posa  Clemena  Preston,  b.  May  3, 1807,  d.  Aug.  21, 1814. 
VII.    Abigail  E.  Preston,  b.  July  31,  1809.  d.  July,  1812. 
VIII.    Julia  E.  Preston,  b.  May  15,  1814.  d.:   ni.  Mar.  17, 1836*  Gustavus  A. 
Hanchett,  b.  June  la,  1812.    Children  : 

1.  Laura  Maria  Hanchett,  b.  Mar.  19,  1837. 

2.  Edward  A.  Hanchett,  b.  Dec.  28, 1839. 

3.'  Charles  Henry  Hanchett,  b.  Oct.  24.  1845. 
IX.    Saha  L.  Preston,  b.  Feb.  9, 1811,  d.  Feb.  12, 1813. 

4.  iv.     Jacob  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  11,  1776. 

5.  v.    Ammi  Maltby,  b.  June  26\  1777. 

vi.  Hannah  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  16,  1781,  d.  July  15,  1S23,  in  Southing- 
ton, Ohio  ;  m.  May  10,  1803,  Alexander  Knapp,  b.  in  Marlboro, 
Mass.,  May  31,  1782,  d.  in  Jefferson,  0.,  Sept.  15,  IS—.  Their 
children  were  : 

I.    Alexander  Harrod  Knavr,  b.  Nov.  11,  1906,  d,  Dec.  23,  1824. 
IT.    Jesse  Maltby  Knapp,  b.  Nov.  14. 1806.  in  Middleburg,  Vt.,  d.  in  Bloom- 
field,  O.,  Sep.U  28.  1902.    He  m.  at  Orwell.  <>..  Mar.  22,  ltW2,  Kutli  r. 
Wolcott,  b.  ill  Bristol,  Conn..  Aim.  _'•'>.  1S12,  «!.  m  North  Bloomfield, 
O.,  Mar.  15,  1SK5.    lb1  ra.  (-)  Sept.  2$,  1816,  Sarah  Sunders,  b.  Sept. 
16,  1818,  d.  Nov.  :.r>,  lyyS,    His  children  wore: 
1.    Arminda  Kn.wt.  b.  May  28.  1833,  in  N.  Bloomfield,  O.,  d.  May 
2(i  1-57 :  in.  Mar.  'J'.)  ,185>,  Harrison  Maltby,  child  Aidau  $oU\\ 
Maltby,  b.  Nov.  0,  1807,  d.  Mar.  21,  1873, 

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2.  Hannah  P.  Knapp,  b.  Feb.  11, 1836,  d.  Jan.  20, 1864 ;  m.  , 

I860,  William  Green. 

3.  Martha  Haskell  Knapp,  b.  Nov.  13, 1838,  d.  in  N.  Bloomfield, 

O.,  June  4.18.vr>:  m.  Nov.  12,  1865,  Thomas  Anderson,  b.  in 
Eddinirton.  Scotland,  May  28,  1839.  Her  child,  Nellie  Knth 
Anderson,  b.  Oct.  31,  I860,  in  Bloomfield;  (>..  in.  Dee.  24,  1888, 
Justin  B.  Sinith  of  Bloomfield,  and  her  children,  Charles 
Anderson  Smith,  b.  Jan.  81,  1*90.  in  Bloomfield,  and  Paul 
Justin  Smith,  b.  Sept.  22,  1S93,  in  Austinburg,  0. 

4.  Charles  H.  Knapp.  b.  Sept.  20, 1840,  d.  Jan.  81,  1845. 

5.  Matilda  Sarah  Knapp,  b.  July  15,  18-19,  in  Bloomfield,  d.  May 

19,  18S2,  in  Bristol,  O.;  buried  in  Bloomfield.  She  m.  Nov.  20, 
L873,  Ezra  A.  Chali'ee,  b.  in  Bristol,  Feb.  1612. 

III.  Benjamin  S.  Knapp,  b.  Mar.  2G,  1811,  d.;  m.  May  4, 1637,  Mary  Wolcott, 

b.  Mar.  7,  1807. 

IV.  Henry  E.  Knapp,  b.  May  17,  1815,  d.:    m.  Sept.  4,  1844,  Olivia  W. 

Cowles,  b.  May  22,  1822. 
V.    Samuel  Isaac  Knapp,  b.  June  10, 1819,  d.  Sept.  15, 1821. 

6.  vii.    Elon  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  9,  1783. 

7.  viii.    Nathaniel  Harbison  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  1,  1786. 

ix.    Julia  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  17,  17,  1790,  in  Norfolk,  Conn.,  d.  Apr.  22, 
1822,  in  Southington,  0.;  in.  Jan.  8,  1812,  Ira  Rose,  b.  May  14, 
178S,  d.  May  4,  1865,  in  Hambden,  O.    Their  children  were : 
I.    Lucy  Rose,  b.  Nov.  12, 1812. 
II.    Samuel  Rosje,  b.  Aug.  6, 1815,  d. 

III.  Hannah  Rose,  b.  Nov.  2, 1817,  d.;  m.  Sept.  10, 1839,  John  T.  Chambers 

IV.  Laura  Rose,  b.  Oct.  23, 1821,  d.  May  15, 1822. 

V.    Julja  Rose,  b.  Apr.  3,  1827,  d.  Apr.  7, 1873.;  m.  June  23,  1836,  Hubbard 
Mayhew,  b.  Mar.  2,  1810,  d.  May  14,  1892.    Children  : 

1.  Martin  Samuel  Mayhew,  b.  Mar.  31,  1831,  m.  Julv  15.  1866, 

Betsy  P.  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  18,  1846.  They  had  one  dam,  Marion 
Maltbv  Mayhew,  b.  in  Johnston,  Trumbull  Co..  O.,  July  30, 
1877,  d.  in  Courtland,  O. ,  Feb.  7, 1901 ;  buried  in  Bristolville, 
Ohio. 

2.  Electa  Irene  Mayhew,  b.  Aug.  21,  183S.  d.  Oct.  4,  1867;   m. 

May  26,  1861,  Sherman  Kineaid.    No  children. 

3.  Julia  Maltby  Mayhew,  b.  Apr.  21, 1840,  d.  Mar.  15, 1868. 

4.  Hubbard  Woodward  Mayhew,  b.  Feb.  7, 1S42,  d.  May  14, 1S92. 

5.  Benjanin  Holmes  Mayhew,  b.  June  8.  18-14,  m.  Feb.  27, 1868, 

Abbie  B.  Downs,  b.  Mar.  15,  1850.    Children: 
i.    Elmer  Alonzo  Mayhew,  b.  Nov.  22,  1S6S. 
ii.    Harriet  Lucretia  Mayhew.  b.  July  17, 1870. 
iii.    Ernest  Downs  Mayhew,  b.  Nov.  27, 3871. 
iv.    Edith  Abbie  Mayhew  (twin),  b.  Feb.  2S,  IS,  1874,  d. 

Aug.  12,  1874. 
v.    Eva  Jplia  Mayhew  (twin),  b.  Feb.  28,  1874,  d.  Aug. 

27,  1874. 
vi.    Ralph  Garfield  Mayhew,  b.  July  31, 1878. 

6.  Amanda  Elizabeth  Mayhew,  b.  Mar.  26.  1816.  m.  Sept.  6, 1S79, 

Horace  A.  Olfnstead,  b.  July  19, 184S.    Her  children: 
i.    Paul  Mayhew  Olmstead,  b.  Sept.  22,  1880,  m.  May  10, 

1904,  Mary  Eliza  Rutliff,  b.  Feb.  5,  1883. 
ii.    Ruth  Rose  Oi.msmead,  b.  Nov.  12, 1831. 

7.  William  Hale  Mayhew,  b.  May  5,  1818,  d.  Sept.  24, 1819. 

8.  Poi'.tkr  Fairfield  Mayhew.  b.  Dec  12,  1850,  m.  Jan.  1,  1SC5, 

Harriet  Mason.    Has  children: 
i.    Laura  Rozeli.a  Mayhew,  b.  May  11,  is^o. 
ii.    Julia  LORAINK  Mayhew,  b.  Nov.  23,  18S7. 
iii.    Ahbie  Rubie  Mayhew.  b.  June  25,  L891,  d.  May  10,  1892. 

9.  Susannah  Lituiitia  Mayiiew,  b.  June  28,  1853,  d.  in  Paines- 

ville.  O.,  Sept.  .>,  l'jul:  m.  Jan.  IS,  1>71.  James. B.  Downs.  No 
children. 


8.  x.    Daniel  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  3",  1793. 

9.  xi.    Jesse  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  9,  1797. 


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2.  Simeon5  Maltby  (Benjamin^ and  Abigail  Munger,  Daniel; 

Daniel?  William1),  b.  Nov.  20,  1772,  in  Conn.,  d.  Apr.  5,  1868, 

in  Hambden,  O.     He  m.  May  8,  1799,  Martha  Murry,  b.  Feb. 

28,   1777,  d.   Sept.  — ,  1854,  in   Hambden,  O.     Their   children 

were  :.: 

i.  Lois  Maltby,  b.  June  1,  1800;  m.  Sept.  11,  1817,  Earl  Atkin. 
They  lived  in  northeastern  Penn.,  where  she  d.  She  is  said  to 
have  had  several  children,  all  of  whom  are  now  dead. 

10.  ii.     Lewis  Maltbie,  b.  Aug.  30,  1803,  d.  Mar.  17,  1881,  in  Hambden, 

O.    He  m.  Feb.  15,  1832,  Marinda  Warns?,  b.  Nov.  4,  1S13,  d. 
Feb.  28,  1876.     His  children  were  : 

I.    Martha  Jane  Maltbie.  b. ,  d. ,  1S56.    She  m.  George  Sis- 
son,  -who  died ,  1854, 

II.    George  Warner  Maltbie,  b. , .  d.  Aug..  1854. 

III.    Laura  Marinda  Maltbie,  b.  July  3, 1810,  d.  June  21,1865. 
VI.    Lois  Maria  Maltbie,  b.  Sept.  — ,  1841,  d.  Jan.  21, 1861. 
V.    William  Riley  Maltbie,  b.  Oct.  9.  1846;  ra.  (1)  Apr.  19, 18G8,  Addie 
King,  who  d.  Aug.  24,  1870;  ni.  (2)  Dee.  30,  IS74,  Carrie  Sheldon. 
Children : 

1.  Guy  Maltbie,  b.  Sept.  5,  1869,  d.  Mar.  27,  1870. 

2.  Floyd  Basil  Maltbie,  b.  Aug.  24,  1S76;  m.  (1)  Deft.  24,1898, 

Elizabel  Fuller,  who  d.  Sept.  10,  1900;  in.  (2)  Feb.  10,  1904, 
Teaa  M.  Still  well. 

3.  Merle  George  Maltbie,  b.  Jan.  12,  1878. 

4.  Call  Iran  Maltbie.  b.  May  5,  1879,  d.  Sept.  5, 1881. 

5.  Earl  Rupert  Maltbie,  b.  Apr.  6,  1882;  m.  Nov.  2,1902,  Ger- 

trude Strong. 

6.  Noel  Half  Maltbie.  b.  Mar.  29. 1884. 

7.  Mary  Beatrice  Maltbie,  b.  Oct.  23, 1885. 
S.    Beryl  Lauiia  Maltbie,  b.  Dec.  4,  1899. 

iii.     Mary  Maltbie,  b.  Apr.  9,  1808,  d.  Apr.  8,  1899,  in . ; 

m.  Jan.  5,  1830,  Lewis  Anderson,  b.  Apr.  9,  1808,  d.  June  14, 
1S74.     Her  children  were: 

I.    Willis  Maltbie  Anderson  b.  Nov.  25,  1S40;   m.  Jau.  28,  1874,  Lucy 
Rutland.    Children: 

1.  Winifred  May  Anderson,  b.  June  14, 1875. 

2.  Ella  Bertha  Anderson,  b.  Aug.  21, 1878. 

3.  Harry  Elmore  Anderson,  b.  Feb.  17, 1890. 

3.  Benjamin5  Maltby  ( Benjamin*  and  Abigail  Munger, 
Daniel?  Daniel?  William')  b.  June  or  May  7,  1773,  d.;  m.  Oct. 
1806,  Margaret  Stretch,  b.  Sept.  29,  1780.    Their  children  were: 

11.  i.     Harrison  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  5,  1809  ;  m.  Sept.  11,  1S34,  Susannah 

Darling, 
ii.     Jemima  Maltby,  d.  an  infant. 
iii.     Jemima  Maltby,  b.  1810,  d.  Aug.  12,  1811. 
iv.    Maria  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  28,  d.  Aug.,  1812. 
v.     Mira   Maltby,   b.  Jan.   28,   1812,  d.  Jan.  30,  1S37;  m.  Thomas 

Creighton,  b.  May  3,  1812. 
vi.     Hiram  Maltby,  b.  Aug    20,  1814;  m.  Apr.  12,  1834,   Elizabeth 

Gregg,  b.  Mar.  10,  1SL7. 
vii.     Arthur  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  15,  1820. 

4.  Jacob5  Maltby,  (Benjamin4  and  Abigail  Munger,  Daniel: 
Daniel;  William'),  b.  Nov.  11,  1770,  d.;  m.  Jan.  3,  1803,  Sally 
Keyes.     Their  children  were  : 


12. 
13. 


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1835,  George  C. 


14.       i.     Warren  Maltby,  b.  May  11,  1S0G. 

ii.     William  Maltby,  b.  Jan.,  1804,  d.  Aug.,  1S0-4. 
iii.     Almika  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  24,  1808;    m.  Feb.  5, 
Crawford,  b.  Jan.  5,  1810.     Children: 
I.    Sarah  Elizabeth  Crawford,  b.  Dec.  4, 1S3-3. 
II.    Julia  Adela  Crawford,  b.  Sept.  11, 1S42. 
iv.     Elizabeth  Maltby,  b.  May  25,  1811,  d.;  m.  Apr.  10, 1837,  Barzella 
,  b.  June  18,  1806.    Had  children  : 

I.    BARZBLLA                       b.  Aug.  8,  183.5,  d.  July  23,  183(5. 
II.    BARZELLA  b.  June  30,1537,  d. 19,1842. 

Heram  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  26,  1814. 

Lauren  Lcmmes  Maltby,  b.  .Vug.  0,  1817,  d.  Apr.  20,  1820. 

Lyman  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  15,  1820. 

Philander  Maltby,  b.  June  20,  1S26,  d.  Apr.  9,  1S2-. 

"William  Nelson  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  13,  1847. 

5.  Ammi5  Maltby  (Benjamin*  and  Abigail  Hunger,  Darnel" 
Daniel?  Wil/iam1),  b.  June  26,  1779,  cl.;  m.  Sept.  25,  1806,  Rach- 
ael  Carman,  b.  Jan.  CJ,  1784.  He  lived  near  Clio,  Greene  Co., 
Ohio.  Their  childr 
18. 

19. 
20. 


15. 

v. 

vi. 

16. 

vii. 

viii. 

17. 

ix. 

V_ll       «    ^.i 


Milo  B   Maltby,  b.  Jalv  21,  1807  ;  m.  Apr.  10,  1834,  Hames  Tay- 

-  lor,  b.  Nov.  11,  1815. 
Mei.inda    Maltby,  b.   Feb.  17,  1S09 ;    m.   Oct.   3,   1S33,   Milton 

Monger,  b.  Oct.  5,  1807. 
Warren  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  8,  1811  ;   m.  Oct.  17,  1830,  Anna  Little, 
b.  Mar.  20,  1803. 
,     Joshua  G.  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  9,  1813  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Brown,  b.  Nov. 
30,  1813. 
v.    Eliza  Maltby,  b.  June  19, 1818;  m.  Aug.  15, 1839,  William  Cobb, 

b.  May  10,  1815. 
vi.     Sally  Maltby,  b.  July  12, 1821,  d.  Feb.  25,  1822. 
vii.     Alma  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  11,  1823. 
viii.     Nancy  Maltby,  b.  July  6,  1830. 

6.  Elon5  Maltby  (Benjamin*  and  Abigail  Munger,  Darnel3 
DanieK-  William1),  b.  Mar.  7,  1783,  d.  Oct.  18,  1865;  m.  April 
22,  1807,  Hannah  Osborn,  b.  June  11,  1786,  d.  Sept.  10,  1873. 
Both  were  buried  in  the  village  cemetery  at  Norfolk,  Conn. 
Their  children  were  : 


21. 


24. 


26. 


Eli/xr  Maltby,  b.  ,  1S08,  d.  at  Davids  Island,  N.  Y.,  from 

wounds  received  at  battle  of  Cold  Harbor.    Given  a  military 

funeral  at  Norfolk,  Conn. 
Milo  Maltby,  b.  June  2(5,  1810;  m.  Jerusha  Main,  18 — . 
Lalt.a  Maltby,  b.  May  7,  1812;  m.  June  6,  1S30,  Ezekiel  Ilan- 

chet. 
Alonzo   Maltby,  b.  Apr.  17,   1814;    m.   Feb.   6,   1S35,    Apphia 

Fowler. 
William  Henry  Maltby,  b.  June  3,  1810;  m.  Oct.  1,  1843,  Mary 

F.  Pratt, 
Charles  Benjamin  Maltby,  b.  May  l'O,  1821. 
Rhoda  Julia  Maltby,  b.  Sept,  3,  1824. 
Mary  Elizabeth  Maltby..  b    Mar.  2i»,  1827;  m.   Nov.  6,  1845,  II. 

(or  K.)  Boyington. 
ix.    Charles  M.  Maltby.  b. 


n. 
iii. 


vi. 

vii. 
viii. 


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27 


11. 
iii. 


IV. 


28. 

v. 

vi. 

29. 

vii. 

30. 

viii. 

7.  Nathaniel  Harrison5  Maltby  {Benjamin*  and  Abigail 
Munger,  Daniel?  Daniel?  IP'illiam1),  b.  Norfolk,  Conn.,  Mar. 
1,  1780,  d.  in  Bristol  Oct.  7,  1855.  He  was  buried  in  South- 
ington,  Trumbull  Co.,  O.  He  m.  Oct.  6,  1811,  Betsy  Patchen, 
b.  Dec.  27,  1788,  d.  Nov.  28,  1836,  and  was  buried  in  Groton, 
Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  m.  Dec.  26,  1837,  Sally  Mason,  b. 
June  14,  1795,  d.  June  9,  1860.     His  children  were  : 

i.    Laurinda  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  5,  1812,  in  Groton,  Tompkins  Co., 

N.  Y.,  d.  Feb.  9,  1841 ;  buried  in  Groton,  N.  Y.    She  m.  Jan. 

15,  1839,  Ethel  D.  Crosby,  b.  May  17,  1813.     No  children. 
Edmund  Maltby,  b.  May  11,  1814. 
Amanda  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  22,  1816,  d.  Mar.  23,  1862 ;   m.  Dec.  27, 

1855,  Joel  Dorman.     No  children. 
Betsy  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  9,  1817,  d.  Sept.  15,  1849;  m.  Nov.  29, 

1841,  Ethel  D.  Crosby.     Child:  Edmund  I).  Crosby,  b.  Nov.  1, 

1842. 

Benjamin  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  7,  1826. 

Alfred  Harrison  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  18,  1S28,  d.  in  Bristoiville,  0., 

Dec.  25,  1847.     Buried  in  Southington,  0. 
"Warren  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  3,  1830. 
Newell  Maltby,  b.  June  12,  1S32. 

8.  Daniel5  Maltby  {Benjamin*  and  Abigail  Munger,  Daniel,3 
Daniel?  William'),  b.  Apr.  13,  1793,  d.  Oct.  16,  1886,  and  was 

buried  at  Saybrook,  O.     He  m. Esther  Topping,  b. 

on   Long  Island,   N.  Y.,  July  23,  1796,  d.  July  13,  1873.    Their 
children  were  : 

i.     Amanda  Maltby,  b.  July  19,  1820,  d.  in  Geneva,  0.,  May  22,  1904; 

m.  Nov.  7,  1861,  Rev.'  Benoni  Y.    Messenger,  b. , 

d.  May  19,  1866.     No  children. 
Benjamin  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  26,  1822. 
Hannah  Maltby,  b.  July  IS,  1823,  d.  Dec.  — ,*  1864,  in  Sayhook, 

Ohio. 
Lauren  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  15,  1825. 

Cynthia  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  27,  1S27  ;  in.  Mar.  28,  1855,  John  Light- 
ner,  b.  1827,  d.     Children  : 

I.    Albert  Harrison  Lhjhtner.  1).  Feb.  22,  185G,  d.  Mar.  IS,  1361. 
II.    CARRIE  Minda  Lightner,  b.  Mar.  17,  1859,  d.  Juno  27,  1861. 
III.    Fred  Lawrence  Lightner,  b.  July  IS,  1863 :  m.  Nov.  29.  188'J,  Eraily 
Melissu  Clark,  b.  June 3,  1S7U.    Ibis: 

1.  Fditii  Mary  Lightxer,  b.  Sept.  15,  1891. 

2.  Helen  Irena  Lightner,  b.  Aug.  'J,  1S%,  d.  Dee.  14, 1896. 

Isaac  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  20,  1828. 
Harrison  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  7,  1830. 

Mary  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  11,  1832,  in  Southington,  0.,  d.  in  Spring- 
field, Mo.,  Oct.  13,  1901  ;  m.  May  29,  1800,  Aaron  Belknap 
Conklinj.',  b.  Jan.  7,  1832,  in  Mt.  Vernon,  O.     Children  : 

1.  anna  Julia  Conkling,  b.  Mar.  SI,  1862,  in  Lcroy,  Hi.:  in.  May  f>.  1886. 
at  Champaign,  111.,  Arthur  Bliss  Seymour,  I;,  at  Moliu,  111.,  Jun.  ;>. 
1859.     Children: 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth  Seymour,  b.  Jun.  "J:.  1&89,  at  Cambridge,  Mass. 

2.  Kosa  Margaret  Seymour,  b.  Apr.  28,  1890,  at  Cambridge.  Mass. 


31. 


32. 


u. 
iii. 


IV. 

v. 


33. 

vi. 

34. 

vii. 

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3.  Frank  Conkling  Seymour,  b.  July  21, 14595,  at  Waverly, Mass. 

4.  Edith  Katharine  Seymour,  b.  Sept.  28,  189<;,  at  Waverly,  Mass. 
II.    Edwin  Starr  Conkling,  b.  May  7, 1864,  d.  Nov.  25, 1S70.  ^ 

III.  William  Johnson  Conkling,  b,  June  9, 1867,  in  Champaign,  111.;  m. 

July  10,  19U1,  Ella  Olula  Evans,  of  Springfield,  Mo.,  b.  in  Green  Co 
Mo.",  Oct.  2, 1869.    Children  : 

1.  Mary  JuNtrrK  Conkling,  b.  May  10,  1902.  in  Springfield,  Mo. 

2.  Margaret  Conkling,  b.  Mar.  10, 1901,  in  Springfield,  Mo. 

IV.  John  Mai.it.y  Conkltng.   b.  Apr.  13,  1869,  in   Champaign,  111.;  m. 

Dec.  lo.  iy03,  in  SpringtieM,  Mo.,  Sarah  \Yrigbt  Shaw,  b.  Aug.  20 
1809,  in  Trumbull  Co.,  U.    Has  child: 
1.    Henry  Belknap  Conkling,  b.  Mar.  30,  1905. 
V.    Kate  Conkling.  b.  Apr.  13,  1869,  d.  Aug.  18,  18G9. 
VI.    Mary  Elizabeth  Conkling,  b.  Apr.  19, 1872,  d.  July  17,  1872. 
ix.    Caroline    Maltby,   b.   July  1.  1834;    m.  Sept.  8,  1863,  Jay  A. 
Hayes,   b.   Lee.    10,   JSoL.     Lives  at  Atwood,  Colorado,  190-3. 
Children : 

I.    Minnie  Esther  Hayes,  b.  Nov.  19, 1866;  m.  (1)  Oct.  28, 1SS0,  I.  C  Gary; 
m.  (2)  June  2, 1903.  Charles  J.  Putman.    Has : 
1.    Ethel  Gary,  b.  Feb.  17,  18S1. 
II.    Jean  Maltby  Hayes,  b.  June  11, 1868;  m.  Feb.  10,  1895,  Lannis  Her- 
riek.    Has: 

1.  Gladys  Hayes  Herrick.  b.  Mar.  17, 1S96. 

2.  Ruth  Hayes  Herrick,  b.  June  2, 1900. 

III.  Carl  J.  Hayes,  b.  Feb.  13, 1690. 

IV.  Jessie  Ruth  Hayes,  b.  Apr.  6,  1S76;    m.  June  20,  1899,  Abe  Hayes. 

Has: 

1.    Dorothy  Haves,  b.  June  8,  1900. 
x.     Catharine  Maltby,  b.  July  1,  1834;  m.  Sept.  1,1863,  Rev.  John 
Kodnev  Barnes,  b.  Dee.  15,  1829.     Lives  Chicago  Heights,  111. 
Children  : 

I.    Esther  Elberta  Barnes,  b.  Mar.  25, 1872. 
II.    Elbert  Maltby  Barnes,  b.  Feb.  25  1S75. 
xi.     Esther  Topping  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  30,  1S3G.     Went  as  a  mission- 
ary to  Samokov,  Bulgaria,  in  1870. 

35.  xii.     Daniel  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  10,  1S38. 

36.  xiii.     Setii  Waldo  Maltby,  b.  May  19,  1840. 

9.  Jesse5  Maltby  (Benjamin*  and  Abigail  Munger,  Daniel;' 
Daniel,1  William1),  b.  Mar.  9,  1797,  d.  Dec.' 31,  1884,  in  Oberlin, 
O.  He  m.  (1)  Feb.  11,  1823,  at  Goshen,  Conn.,  Laura  M.  Bald- 
win, b.  Jan.  25,  1798,  d.  Apr.  19,  1S24  ;  buried  in  Grant,  Conn. 
He  m.  (2)  Apr.  5,  1825,  Salome  Collar,  b.  at  New  Marlborough, 
Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.,  Aug.  5,  1799,  d.  at  Oberlin,  O.,  Dec.  5, 
18S5.     Children  : 

37.  i.     Lauren  Baldwin  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  25,  1823;   m.  Dec.  15,  1S47, 

Susan  Fish  of  Warren,  O.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1830,  d.  Sept.  24,  1005,  in 
Topeka,  Kan. 
ii.     Laura  Maltp.y,  Ik  in  Norfolk,  Conn.,  June  12,1826  ;  m.  July  5, 
1S40,  Sehlon  Ree<l  of  Vienna,  0.,  b.  May  0,  1821,  d.  Sept.  19, 
1S70,  in  Oberlin.     Children  : 

I.    Sr.Lco.v  Asa  Reed,  b.  Feb.  6,  1855,  <1.  Nov.  26,  1904,  in  oberlin. 
II.    Floka  Maria  Reed,  b.  Oct.  5.  1857,  in  Oberlin,  0. 
iii.     Clarissa  Collar  Maltby,  b.  in  Norfolk,  Conn.,  June  20,  1S34. 

11.  Harrison'''  Maltby  {Benjamitr  and  Margaret  Stretch, 
Benjamin?  Daniel:  Daniel;  William'),  b.  Dec.  5,  1^09  ;  m.  Sept. 
11,  1834,  Susannah  Darling. 


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12.  Hiram   Maltby. 

13.  Arthur  Maltby. 

14.  Warren6  Maltby  (Jacob*  and  Sally  Keys,  Benjamin? 
Daniel?  Daniel:  William')  b.  May  11,  1806,  in  

d.  June  2,  1844  ;  m.  May  11,  1830,  Louisa  Curtis,  b.  

Their  children  were  : 

i.     Charles  Warren  Maltby,  b.  May  23,  1833. 
ii.     William  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  11,  1835. 
iii.     Curtis  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  13,  183S. 
iv.     Henry  H.  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  23,  1841. 
v.    Martha  PZlizabeth  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  6,  1843. 

15.  Hiram6  Maltby  {Jacob*  and  Sally  Keyes,  Benjamin? 
Daniel?  Daniel?  William"),  b.  Mar.  26,  1814,  d.;  m.  Feb.  1, 
1844,  Rhoda  King,  b.  Nov.  27,  1814. 

16.  Lyman6  Maltby  {Jacob*  and  Sally  Keyes,  Benjamin? 
Daniel?  Daniel?  William1),  b.  Apr.  15,  1820,  H-.j  m.  Feb.  25,  1847, 
Emma  Atkms. 

17.  William  Nelson  Maltby. 

18.  Milo  B.6  Maltby  (Ammi'3  and  Rachel  Carmen,  Benja- 
min? Daniel?  Daniel?  Williamx),  b.  July  21,  1807,  d.  Mar.  21, 
1836  ;  m.  Harriet  Taylor.     Children  : 

i.    Rachel  Maltby,  b. ;  m.  Jacob  Starr Children: 

I.    Mary  Starr. 
II.    Benjamin  Starr. 
ii.    Milo   Benjamin   Maltby,  b.  May  27,  1336;    m.  (1)  Martha  £. 
Clelland,  Apr.  1.  1£oS;  m.  (2)  Dec.  13,  1865,  Ruth  M.  Fisher. 
He  was  private  Co.  C,  64th  0.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  C,  175th  0.  V.  1.; 
discharged  July  3,  1S65.     Had  : 

I.    Emma  E.  MALTBY,  b.  Aug.  19,  I860  ;  m.  L.  E.  Do-lson,  May  27. 18^0. 
II.    John  A.  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  :;0,  1S62;  m.  Apr.  V?.  1^S7.  Kitty  Dau<rherty. 
Lives  in  Keogangua,  Iowa.    Has  child.  Lona  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  16, 
1S97. 

19.  Warren  Maltby,  bro.  of  above. 

20.  Joshua  G.  Maltby,  bro.  of  above. 

21.  Elizur6  Maltby  (Rla/?  and  Hannah  Osborn,  Benjamin? 


Daniel?  Daniel?  William'-) ,  b. 


1808. 


22.  Milo  Maltby,  bro. 

23.  Alonzo  Maltby,  bro. 

24.  William  Henry  Maltby,  bro. 

25.  Charles  Benjamin  Maltby,  bro. 

26.  Charles    M.  Maltby,  bro. 

27.  Edmund'1  Maltby  (Nathaniel  Harrison'  and  Betsy  Patch- 
en,  Benjamin?  Daniel?  Darnel?   William1),    b.   May  11,   1814,   in 


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Groton,  Tompkins  Co.  N.  Y.,  d.  in  Bristol,  0.,  Aug.  13,  1869.; 
m.  Feb.  20,  1841,  Lydia  Jane  Brockway,  b.  Dec.  21,  1821,  d. 
in  Oberlin,  O.,  Jan.  11,  1S02  ;  buried  in  Bristol,  Trumbull  Co., 
Ohio.     Children  : 

i.    Betsy    Patciten    Maltby,  b.  Jan.  18,  1846  ;    m.  July  10,  I860, 
Martin  S.  Mayhew,  M.  D.    They  had  child: 

I.    Marion  Maltby  Mayhew,  b.  July  30, 1^77.  d.  Feb.  7, 1901. 
ii.    Martha  Jane  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  IS,  1S50. 
iii.     Margaret  Eliza  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  10,  1800. 

28.  Benjamin6  Maltby  (  Nathaniel  Harrison*  and  Betsy 
Patchen,  Benjamin?  Daniel?  Daniel,1   William^),   b.   in  Groton, 

Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1826,  d.  He  m.  (1)  Oct. 

12,  1854,  Betsey    Dennis  Kibbee,    b. ,  d.  Aug.  27,  1868,  in 

Bristol,  O.  He  m.  (2)  Jan.  8,  1871,  in  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  Philena 
Barnhart,  b.  in  Coldwater,  Mich.,  Nov.  22,  1S39.  His  children 
were  : 

i.     Spencer  Fremont  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  9,  1856,  in  Bristolville,  Ohio, 

d.  Oct.  5,  1904,  in  Los.  Angeles,  Cal. 
ii.     Ada  Marion  Maltby,  b.  Au?.  12,  I860,  d.  Apr.  — ,  1892;   m.  Feb. 
27,  1884,  Stephen  H.  Pitkin,  b.  Feb.  — ,  1861.     Child: 
I.    Marion  Maltby  Pitkin,  b.  Mar.  3'J,  1887,  in  Akron,  0. 
iii.     Carrie  Amelia  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  25, 1866  ;  m.  Aug.  28,  1889,  Frank 
Higby,  b.  Mar.  16,  1859.     Children: 

I.    Frank  Raymond  Higby,  b.  May  21.  1893,  in  Cleveland,  O. 
II.    Albert  Maltby  Higby,  b.  Feb.  2,  1S95,  in  Cleveland.  O. 
III.    Chalks  Spencer  Higby,  b.  Sept.  3,  1904,  in  Cleveland,  O. 

Second  marriage  : 

iv.     Mary  Philena  Maltby,  b.  in  Oberlin,  0.,  Nov.  4,  1871,  d.  Jan. 

21,  1872. 
v.     Arthur  Edmund  Maltby,  b.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  Nov.  16,  1878  ■  in. 
Jan.  12,  1897,  in  Cleveland,  Adeline  Sarah  Cummings,  b.  Aug. 
9,  1876,  d.  Mar.  11,  1899.     Child  : 

I.  Margaret  Marion  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  26, 1S9S. 

vi.     Ralph  Benjamin  Matlby,  b.  in  Cleveland,  0.,  Apr.  19,  1877. 
vii.    George  Alfred  Maltby,  b.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  May  3,  1880. 

19.  Warren"  Maltby  {Nathaniel  Harrison?  and  Betsy  Patch- 
en,  Benjamin?  Daniel?  Daniel?  William1)  b.  in  Groton,  Tomp- 
kins Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  3,  18*30,  d.  in  Champaign,  111.,  March  31, 
1894;  in.  Dec.  29,  1859,  Chloe  Elizabeth  Bierce,  b.  May  22, 
1810.     His  children,  b.  in  Bristolville,  Trumbull  Co.,  O.,  were  : 

i.     Frank  Bierce  .Maltby,  b.  July  31,  18l>i;  in.  Feb.  4,  1885,  Mar- 
garet Ellen  McNary,  b.  Sept.  25,  1801.    Children  : 

I.    Ruth  McNary  Mai.tby.  b.  in  Champaign,  HI.,  Dec.  25,  18.-^5. 

II.    Marios  Elizabeth  Maltby,  i>.  in  Cherokee,  la.,  Oct.  25. 1877. 

ii.    Helen  Exdora  Maltby,  b.  M.  4,  18<3:v>,  d.  Mar.  17,  l>:i.v   m.  Oct. 

S,  1885,  Joseph  Davis  Wallace,  b.  June  2,  L8U2.     Children  : 

I.    Cora  ELIZABETH  Wallace,  b.  in  Champaign,  111.,  Jan.  0.  l-  .<. 

II.  Frank  Maltby  Wallace,  b.  in  Champaign,  111.,  Mar.  35,  1S98. 


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iii.    Cora  May  Maltby,  b.  May  24,  I860;  m.  Apr.  14,  1887,  Frederick 
Daniel  Rugg,  b.  Dec.  22,  1865.     Children  : 

I.    Daniel  Maltby  Rugg,  b.  Sept.  27,  1589,  in  Champaign,  111. 
1  II.    Helen  Caroline  Rugg,  b.  Aug.  1G,  1903,  in  Champaign,  111. 

30.  Ne\vell';  Maltby  (Nathaniel  Harrison*  and  Betsy  Patch- 
en,  Benjamin?  Daniel?  Daniel?  William1),  b.  in  Groton,  Tomp- 
kins Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1S32,  d.  in  Bristol,  Sept.  26,  1902  ; 
m.  Mar.  19,  1856,  Jane  Narcissa  Pierce,  b.  in  Johnsburg,  Vt., 
Nov.  39,  1836,  d.  Oct.  15,  1S98.     Children  : 

i.     Mellie  Jane  Matlby,  b.  Nov.  15,  1867;  m.  in  Bristol,  O.,  July  5, 
1892,  Fred  Austin  Bright,  b.  June  5, 1857.     Children  : 
I.    Harlan  Maltby  Bright,  b.  Sandy  Lake.  Pa.,  Nov.  27,  1894. 
H.    Ernest  Frederick  Bright,  b.  Painesville,  O..  Bee.  23, 1902. 
ii.    Harriot  Dell  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  6, 1877,  in  Bristol,  O. 

31.  Benjamin*  Maltby  {Daniel 5  and  Esther  Topping,  Ben- 
jamin? Daniel?  Daniel?  William1),  b.  Jan.  26,  1822,  d.  Oct.  26, 

1874,  at  Farmington,  O.  He  m.  Mar.  14,  1850,  Harriot  Wol- 
cott,  at  Farmington,  Ohio,  b.  Oct.  14,  1825,  d.  Nov.  6,  1876. 
Children  : 

i.    Alice  Maltby,  b.  1851,  d.  Sept.  25,  1874. 
ii.     Mary  Esther  Maltby,  b.  1853,  d.  in  Florida,  May  21,  18S5 ;  m. 

Sept.  15,  1S84,  Charles  L.  Hopkins,  of  Benzonia,  Mich, 
iii.     Lewis  D.  Maltby,  b.  1850. 
iv.     Elbert  Maltby,  b.  1870. 

32.  Lauren6  Maltby  (Daniel5  and  Esther  Topping,  Benja- 
min? Daniel?  Daniel?   William'),  b.  Mar.  15,  1825,   d.  Oct.  12, 

1875,  in  Geneva,  O.  He  m.  Apr,  28,  1852,  in  Clarksville,  Pa., 
Narcissa  Webster,  b.  in  Mercer,  Pa.,  Apr.  5,  1831,  d.  Children  : 

i.    Harriet  Ellen  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  10,  1S54,  in  Southington,  0.; 

m.  Apr.  6,  1801,  Clark  Thorp. 
ii.     Charles  Sumner  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  4,  1856,  in   Southington,  0.; 
in.  Aug.  9,  1882,  Lilla  Estella  Hulbutt,  in  Geneva,  O.     Child- 
ren : 

I.    Charles  Clyde  Maltby,  b.  July  2,  1S>3,  d.  Mar.  13. 1SS9,  in  Geneva,  O. 
II.    Kay  Webster  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  3.  1885,  in  Painesville,  O. 

III.  John  Rex  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  10,  1887,  in  Geneva,  O. 

IV.  Dorothy  ICatheuine  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  6,  1889,  in  Worth ington,  O. 
iii.     Lizzie  Melva  Maltry,  b.  in  Geneva,  0.,  Aug.  17,  1870,  d.  April 

10,  1881. 

33.  Isaac6  Maltby  {Daniel*  and  Esther  Topping,  Benjamin? 
Daniel?  Daniel?  William1),  b.  Sept.  20,  1828,  d.  June  17,  1886; 
m.  Apr.  29,  1852,  Julia  Bostwick,  b.  Dec.  16,  1880,  d.  Sept.  M, 
1879;  m.  (2)  Nov.  2,  1881,  Anjanette  Pierce,  who  d.  Feb.  8, 
1897.     Children  by  first  wife  : 

i.     Marcus  Edwin  Maltry,  b.  Juno  -1,  1858;  in.  June  5, 1870,  Miranda 
Cclestia  Walcott,  b.  Apr.  26,  LS54.    Children: 

1.  Lena  Julia  Maltby,  b.  June  4.  1JW1 :  in.  Mar.  31.  1901,  Ellis  B.  Farqu- 
bar.  uh'klran:  ID  Kr<line  Nettie  Farquhar,  b.  Feb.  1,1903;  v-'t 
Charles  Maltby  Farquhur,  i-.  Apr.  24,  1'jo:>. 


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IT.    Carrie  Ethel  M.\  ltbv,  b.  July  28, 1883 :  m.  May  28, 1002,  Ravmond  II. 
North,  b.  Aug.  28,  1883.    Chill.  Eveline  North,  b.  Aug.  1,  1904. 

III.  Ruth  Walcott  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  4,  1SS5;  m.  Apr.  16,  1901,  Waiter  F. 

Rood.    Child,  Kathryne  May  Rood,  b.  May  18,  1905. 

IV.  Ralph  K.  Maltby,  b.  Oct  20,  VSiS. 

V.    Lawrence  Austin  Maltby,  B.  Mar.  2,  1S91. 
ii.    Esther  Cordelia  Maltby.  b.  Oct.  13,  3SC1,  d.  Sept.  5,  1865. 
iii.    Carrie  Marcia  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  15,  1807;  m.  Apr.  3,  1884,  Orvis 
Orlando  Walcott,  b.  Oct.  31,  1S59.     Children : 
I.    Harry  Pierce  Walcott,  b.  Sept.  29,  1SS5. 
II.    Burdette  C.  Walcott.  b.  Apr.  11,  18S7,  d.  July  17,  1S87. 

III.  Pansy  Gertrude  Walcott,  b.  June  27,  1888. 

IV.  Clarence  Eugene  Walcott,  b.  June  14, 1890. 
V.    Harold  Clement  Walcott,  b.  July  6,  1895. 

VI.    Howard  Joseph  Walcott,  b.  Oct.  29, 1899. 
VII.    Robert  Theodore  Walcott,  b.  Dec.  21. 1903. 
iv.     Julia  Louisa  Maltby,  b.  Jail.  1,1871;   m.  Dec.  14,1897,  Frank 
Norman  Stowe,  b.  Nov.  10,  1S-32.     Children: 
I.    Fred  Ernest  Stowe,  b.  and  d.  Feb.  2-\  1S99. 
II.    Elva  Endora  Stove,  b.  Sept.  1,  li>Q  J. 
III.    Julia  Rachel  Stove,  b.  Oct  18,  19l>2. 

34.  Harrison"  Maltby  {Daniel'  and  Esther  Topping,  Ben- 
jamin-"Daniel? Daniel?  William"),  b.  Apr.  7,  1830;  m.  Mar.  20, 

1855,  Arminda  Knapp,  b.  in  Bloomfield,  O.,  May  28,  1333,  d. 
May  24,  1S59  ;  m.  (2)  Aug.  23,  I860,  in  Rootstown,  O.,  Emily 
Hough,  b.  May  Id,  1839,  in  Atwater,  O.     Children  : 

i.    Adin  John  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  6th,  1857,  d.  Mar.  24,  1873. 
ii.     Aeminda  Emily  Maltby,  b.  in  Southington,  0.,  Mar.  23, 1S62;  m. 
Aug.  7,  1884,  Thomas  J.  Osborne,  b.  in  England,  Feb.  15,  1858. 
Children : 

I.    Raymond  W.  Osborne,  b,  June  9, 1885,  in  Saybrook,  O. 
II.    Ralph  II.  Osborne,  b.  Apr.  26,  1SS7,  in  Saybrook,  O. 

III.  Albert  H.  Osborne,  b.  Aug.  25, 1890,  in  Saybrook,  O. 

IV.  Pauline  Maltby  Osborne,  b.  Aug.  27,  1892,  in  Berea,  Kv.,  d.  Mar.  23, 

1902. 

iii.     Albert  Sylvester  Maltby.  b.  Feb.  8.  1SG5,  in  Saybrook,  O.:  m. 
Mar.  S,  1894,  M.  Eliza  Leaky,  of  Austinburg,  O.     Children: 
I.    Adjn  J.  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  1,  1895,  in  Saybrook,  O. 
II.    Hubert  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  8,  1898,  in  Saybrook.  O. 

III.  Helen  Maltby,  b.  July  4,  1899. 

IV.  Albert  Leaky  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  25,  1904,  in  Hastings,  Fla. 

iv.     Helen  Esther  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  21,1870.  d.  Mav  27,  1893:    m. 

Aug.  27,  1891,  Rev.  Franklin  C.  Lewis. 
v.     Stella  Eunice  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  3,  1873;  m.  Louis  C.  Ilinman. 
vi.     Mary  Bertha  Maltby,  b.  May  17,  1875;  m.  Aug.  27,  1904,  Henry 
Andrews  F>erkett.     Child: 

I.  Heiuieht  Maltby  Bekkett,  b.  June  9,  1905. 
vii.  Benjamin  Thomas  Maltby,  b.  May  6,  187'.'. 
vili.     Ruth  Edna  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  22,  1SS5. 

35.  Daniel'  Maltby  {Daniel"  and  Esther  Topping.  Benja- 
min* Daniel,"  Daniel,1  William'),  b.  Apr.  10,  183§,  d.  He  m.  <  I) 
Apr.  10,  1863,  Marion  E.  Messenger,  b.  Windham,  O.,  July  4, 
18J11,  d.  Nov.  8,  1S0.S,  in   Indianapolis,  Ind.;   m.  (2)  Mrs.  Clara 


Getchell  in  1899.     Child 


ren  : 


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Maltby  Genealogy. 


[Oct., 


i.  Carl  Daniel  Maltby,  b.  Jan.  31,  1864,  at  Windarn,  0.,  d.  June 
6,  1867. 

ii.  Lizzie  Maude  Maltby,  b.  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Nov.  6,  1866,  d.  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  28,  1901;  m.  Aug.,  1896,  James  Cald- 
well Bond. 

iii.    Jessie  Messenger  Maltby,   b.  at  Grass  Lake,  Mich.,  Mar.  25, 


1868;   m.  Dec.  24,  1885,  Charles  0.  liofer 
Max  Kost. 


m.  (2)  Nov.,  1904, 


v. 


VI. 

vii. 


Paul  P.  Maltby,  b.  Chester  Center,  la.,  June  29,  1870;   m.  Dec. 

23,  1893,  Bercie  Inez  Gonzales  Lee. 
Halbert  Edward  Maltby,  b.  at  Grinnell,  la.,  Aug.  9,  1872;   m. 
July  22,  1896,  Josephine  Jack  Sides.     Children: 
I.    Barnard  Carl  Maltby,  b.  Indianapolis,  Apr.  3, 1897. 
II.    Sallie  Ann  Elizabeth  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  27, 1899,  d.  Mar.  10, 1899. 

III.  Burton  Edward  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  12, 1901,  d.  Oct.,  1903. 

IV.  Josephine  Maltby,  b.  1904. 
Harry  Benjamin  Maltby,  b.  in  Newton,  la.,  Nov.  29, 1875. 
Bernard  William  Maltby,  b.  in  Newton,  la.,  Sept.  27,  1878,  d. 

July  3,  1901,  on  U.  S.  S.  Massachusetts. 

36.  Seth  Waldo6  Maltby  (Daniel*  and  Pother  Topping, 
Benjamin,'  Daniel,"  Daniel?  William1),  b.  May  19,  1840;  m.  Aug. 
15,  1867,  in  Amherst,  Mass.,  Rispath  Boltwood,  b.  Feb.  20, 
1843,  in  Amherst.     Children  : 

i.     Ralph  Waldo  Maltbie,  b.  July  1,  1868,  in  Saybrook,  O. 
ii.    Edith  Brayton  Maltbie,  b.  Oct.   15,  1871,  in  Geneseo,  111.;  m. 
Aug.  25,  1891,  Rev.  Albert  Wellington  Davis,  b.  in  Salem,  Ind., 
June  1,  1863.     Child  : 

I.    Lloyd  Chitten-  Davis,  b.  Oct.  9,  1S92,  Bedford,  la. 
iii.    Gertrude  Boltwood  Maltbie,  b.  Jan.  12,  1873,  in  Geneseo,  111. 
iv.     Percy  Southworth  Maltbie,  b.  Mar.  30,  1875,  in  Oshkosh,  Wis., 

d.  Aug.  28,  1875,  in  Chester  Center,  la. 
v.    Mildred  Noble  Maltbie,  b.  May  7,  1S81,  in  Montour,  la. ;   m. 
June  30,  1903,  Joshua  Baldwin  Clarke,  b.  in  Winrield,  Kan., 
Mar.  8,  1879.     Has: 

I.    Theodore  William  Clarke,  b.  Dec.  4,  1904,  in  Des  Moines,  la. 

37.  Lauren  Baldwin"  Maltbie  (Jesse"  and  Laura  Baldwin, 

Benjamin,*  Daniel?  Daniel,1  William^),  b.  Dec.  25,  1823  ;  m.  Dec. 

15,  1847,  Susan  Fish,  of  Warren,  O.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1831.     He  d.  in 

Topeka,  Kan.,  Sept.  24,  1905.     Children: 

i.    Albert  Paxton  Maltby,  b.  June  IS,  1851 ;  m.  May  8, 1SS0,  Laura 
"O.  Shipman.     Children: 

I.    Francis  Lyle  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  4,  issi. 
II.    Arthur  Lauren  Maltby,  b.  June  17,  1SS6. 

III.  Nettie  Grace  Maltey,  b.  Mar.,  1889. 

IV.  Charles  Albert  Maltby,  b.  June.  1890. 

ii.  Fannie  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  13, 1855 ;  m.  July  25, 1SS0,  Ed^vard  Inman 
Espy,  who  d.  Feb.  28,  1809,  and  she  m.  Eugene  E.  Holroyd, 
M.D.     Children: 

I.    Ralph  Edward  Espy,  b.  July  7.  1882. 
II.    Harold  Maltby  Espy,  b.  Feb.  15,  1884. 
iii.     Winfield  Fremont  Maltby,  b.  Nov.  14,  1801;  m.  Dec.  11,  1882, 
Ursula  D.  Waddell.     Children: 


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I.  Nellie  A.  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  6.  1883. 

II.  Bertha  Olivia  Maltp.y,  b.  July  27,  1SS5. 

III.  Robert  Lincoln  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  10, 1^87. 

IV.  Mary  Pearl  Maltby,  b.  and  d.  IS89. 

V.    William  Edward  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  21, 1891. 
VI.    Aaron  Francis  Maltby,  b.  Apr.  14, 1893. 
VII.    Beulah  Maud  Maltby,  b.  Sept.  10,  1895. 
iv.     Jesse  Lauren  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  25,  1S67:  m.  June  19,  1S05,  Char- 
lotte M.  Avery.     Children: 

I.    Dorothy  Avery  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  12,  1896. 
II.    Clarence  Lauren  Maltby.  b.  Jan.  17,  1S99. 
III.    Kenneth  Maltby,  b.  Mar.  6, 1904. 
v.    Nellie  Cornelia  Maltby,  b.  Dec.  22,  1868;    in.  Sept.  21,  1800, 
Rev.  Ernest  Vernon  Claypool.     Children  : 
I.    Ettelbert  Maltby  Claypool,  b.  Jan.  9, 1892. 
II.    Gertrude  Susan  Claypool,  b.  June  17, 1893. 
III.    James  Vernon  Claypool,  b.  Dec.  1,  1899. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Queries. 

The  department  of  Queries  is  free  to  members  of  this  Society  only.  To  all  others  a 
charge  of  ten  cents  per  line  will  be  made. 

Persons  sending  queries  to  The  Quarterly  should  give  their  names  and  P.  O.  addresses 
Eeplies  to  queries  should  in  all  cases  be  ieut  to  the  Editor,  for  insertion  in  The  Quarterly 

Zimmerman — Watson. — Walburga  Zimmerman,  thought  to  have  been 
born  in  April,  1870.  At  the  time  of  her  birth  her  father,  Englebert  Zim- 
i  merman,  was  editor  of  a  Democratic  paper  in  Upper  Sandusky,  Ohio.  Her 
■  mother,  Lucinda  Helen  Watson,  born  at  Lima,  Ohio — a  cousin,  near  or  far, 
J  to  Gen.  Custis  ;  her  father,  John(?)  Watsou;  mother,  Sarah;  she  had  a 
;  brother  John  Watson.  Is  there  a  history  of  this  Watson  family?  Want 
date  of  birth  of  Walburga  Zimmerman.  E.  A.  A. 


Wanted — References  to  ancestry  of : 

1.  Sarah  ,  b.  abt.  1715;   m.  Ebenezer  Hanchet,  of  Suffield,  Coun., 

abt.  173S 

2.  Sarah  Johnson,  b.  abt.  173G;  m.  John  Chadwick,  Jr.,  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  8  Xov.,  1750. 

3.  Abigail  Chaffee;  m.  abt.  1775,  Elisha  Underwood,  of  Woodstock, 
Conn.,  and  Wales,  Mass. 

4.  Eleanor ,  b.  abt.  1723;  m.  abt.  1742,  Robert  Henry,  of  Stow,  Gro- 

ton  and  Shirley,  Mass. 

4. a  AVilliam  Henry,  who,  while  of  Stow,  Mass.,  bought  land  in.  Lunen- 
burg, Mass.,  24  June,  1735,  whither  he  removed  between  1741  and  1752. 
His  reputed  ancestor,  Sergt.  John  Henry,  of  Topsfield,  Mass.,  JW0,  is  a  myth. 

5.  Elizabeth ;  m.  abt.  1640,  John  Gager,  of  New  London  and  Nor- 
wich, Conn.  ' 

6.  Mary  Allen;  m.  3  March,  1737,  Rev.  William  Gager,  of  Lebanon, 
Conn.,  as  his  third  wife. 

7.  Rebecca  Lay  (maternal  ancestry),  b.  Lyme,  Conn.,  9  Sept.,  1666 ; 
daughter  of  John,  Jr.;  m.  1st,  Daniel  Raymond;  2d,  Samuel  Gager. 

8.  Sarah  ;   m.  Henry  Stiles,  Jr.  (b.  abt.  1007,  d.  1737  or  1746),  of 

Windsor,  Conn. 

0.  Elizabeth  Gibson,  b.  abt.  1G73;  m.  7  Dec,  16%,  John  Osborn,  of  E. 
Windsor,  Conn. 

10.  Aaron  Jaqua,  b.  abt.  1722;  removed  (perhaps  from  Kingstown, 
R.  I.)  to  Lebanon  and  Salisbury.  Conn. 


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Notes  and  Queries. 


[Oct., 


11.  Hannah  Manners  (or  Warren);  m.  1  Dec,  1680,  Jonathan  Daven- 
port, of  Dorchester,  Wass.,  and  Little  Compton,  11.  I. 

12.  Mary ;  m.  abt.  1642,  Thomas  Davenport,  of  Dorchester,  Mass. 

13.  Rebecca  Nichols,  b.  abt.  1641 ;  m.  15  March,  1664,  Samuel  House,  Jr., 
of  Scituate,  Mass. 

14.  Esther  Pritchet;  m.  6  Sept.,  1677,  Dea.  Thomos  Hanchet,  of  Weth- 
ersfield,  Conn.,  Westfield,  .Mass.,  and  Suilield,  Conn. 

15.  Lydia  Hay  ward,  b.  abt.  1683;  m.  26  Feb.,  1707,  John  Hanchet,  of 
Westfieid,  Mass.,  and  Suffield,  Conn. 

16.  Jane ,  b.  abt.  1626  ;  m.  before  1657,  Ralph  Houghton,  of  Lan- 
caster, Mass.  Also  her  husband's  ancestry — there  appear  to  have  been 
three  Ralph  Hougbtons  in  Lancaster. 

17.  Abigail  (Wales?),  b.  abt,  1647;  m.  abt,  1665,  Edward  Vose,  of  Mil- 
ton, Mass. 

18.  John  Chadwick,  Sr.,  b.  abt.  1701,  and  Hannah ,  his  wife,  b.  abt, 

1700,  of  Watertown  and  Worcester,  Mass. 

19.  Nehemiah4  Underwood  (maternal  ancestry),  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
Woodstock,  Conn.,  b.  5  May,  1721  (Jonathan,3  Joseph,2  Joseph1). 

20.  Elizabeth ,  wife  of  Joseph  Underwood,  Jr.  (b.  1650,  d.  1691),  of 

Watertown,  Mass. 

21.  Mary ,  wife  of  Joseph  Underwood,  Sr.  (b.  1614,  d.  16  Feb.,  1677), 

oi  Watertown,  Mass. 

22.  Sarah :  m.  abt.  1689,  Capt.  Joseph  Cady,  of  Watertown  and 

Groton,  Maes. 


Abigail  Lee,  b.  1703 


March,  1723,  Stephen  Cady,  of  Killingly, 


Conn. 

24.  Jonathan4  Moulton  (Ebene:er,*  Robert,2  Robert1),  maternal  ancestry. 

25.  Anna  Flint;    m.   16  Jan.,   1745,  Jonathan  Moulton,  of  Salem   and 
Brimfield,  Mass.,  as  his  second  wife.  Frederick  A.  Henry, 

1817  E.  63d  St.,  N.  E.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


BOOK  NOTICES. 

An  Early  Connecticut  Engraver  and  His  Work.   By  Alfred  C,  Bates.  Hartford. 

1906.     Paper,  pp.  48.     Illustrated. 
Ex  Libris  Leaflets.     Alvin  Hyde,  of  Ellington,  Conn.,  together  with  a  Review  of 

An  Early  Connecticut  Engraver  and  His  Work.     By  James  Terry.    Printed 

for    the'  author.     78   Wethersfield  Ave.,   Hartford,   Conn.     July,   1906. 

Paper,  pp.  17. 

The  first  of  these  books  is  an  account  of  Richard  Brunton,  an  engraver  of 
questionable  reputation,  probably  a  counterfeiter  who  served  a  term  in  the 
State  Prison,  and  whose  work  lias  been  preserved  in  some  book  plates  and 
engravings  now  extant.  Over  forty  plates  are  given  in  the  book,  and  all 
that  is  known  of  the  man  set  forth. 

The  second  book  contains  a  book  plate  and  explanatory  note,  and  a 
savage  review  of  Mr.  Bates'  book. 

The  claim  is  made  that  most  of  the  statements  concerning  Brunton  are 
mere  assumptions  that  have  no  foundation  in  fact.  To  one  not  an  expert 
in  book  plates,  it  looks  like  a  disagreement  between  authorities,  and  those 
who  are  best  informed,  as  we  are  not,  will  make  a  proper  decision.  The 
tone  of  the  second  book  is  very  imperious  and  the  spirit  far  from  kindly. 
Both  are  interesting  reading. 

A  List  of  the  Birds  of  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  with  brief  notes  on  the  habits,  song. 
plumage,  and  identification  of  some  of  the  species.     By  Howard  Jones,  M.  !'• 
Park  Place  Press/Circleville,  O.     18^6.     Paper,  pp.  22.     Illustrated. 
This  is  a  charming  account  of  the  birds  of  Pickaway  County,  by  one  weo 

is  an  authority.    It  is  beautifully  printed,  evidently  at  some  private  press. 

and  will  please  both  those  who  are  interested  in  the  birds  and  those  who 

are  amateur  printers. 


INDEX  OF  NAMES. 


Abbott.  45-50,  67. 

101. 

146, 

Bardslee,  261,  262. 

Boardman,  95,  170,  29S. 

149. 

Bardwell,  299. 

Boehm,  84. 

Abrams,  2G1. 

Barker,  178. 

Boerstler,  146. 

Abrel,  81. 

Barlow,  62,  141. 

Boggs,  190. 

Acherson,  147.  297. 

Barn,  301. 

Bohe,  261. 

Ackev,  301. 

Barney,  54. 

Boltwuod,  96. 

Acton.  177. 

Barnes,  319. 

Bones,  297. 

Adams.  159,  164,  165.  17 

3,185 

Barnhart,  301.  321. 

Bond,  84,  324. 

202.  227.  229 

242 

261, 

Barns,  15,  66,   185,    190.  261, 

Bookover.  261. 

301. 

301. 

Boole,  76. 

Aedie,  298. 

Barnard,  28,  72. 

Boone,  212. 

Agler,  301. 

Bamum,  53-55. 

Booth,  68. 

Aiken,  70. 

Barr,  81-85,  94,  301. 

Born,  301. 

Ainsworth,  158. 

Barrett,  222,  261. 

Bostwick,  322. 

Akerson.  297. 

Barrie,  53.                                        . 

Boswick,  179. 

Albery,  301. 

Barrows,  267,  95.                      \ 

Bott,  72. 

Albrecht,  138. 

Barton,  70. 

Bottwood,  324. 

Aldrich,  301. 

Bascotn,  148. 

Bourne,  5. 

Aldridge,  167. 

Bash,  53. 

Bow,  75. 

Alger,  301. 

Bassett,  147. 

Bowdick,  153. 

Alkire,  139. 

Bateman,  276. 

Bowers,  174.  298. 

Allen,  144,  159,  195, 

199, 

200, 

Bates,  14. 

Bowland,  95. 

203   206   01° 

2h~> 

253, 

Battle,  159. 

Bowman,  261.  192. 

257,'  259 !  296. 

298, 

301. 

Bauder,  135. 

Boyd,  44. 

Aller,  267. 

Bauclcrman,  84. 

Boyington,  317. 

Al instead,  315. 

Baughman,  301. 

Bratton,  195. 

Amberg,  149. 

Bavard,  43. 

Bravee.  146,  147. 

Ames,  81. 

Beach,  158.  296.  298.300. 

Brelsford.  300.  301. 

Ambrose,  261. 

Beals,  185.     "^ 
"Beard,  61,  184. 

Brent,  144.  148. 

Anderson,   71,    131, 

152. 

166, 

Brewster.  193. 

167,  195,  203, 

206, 

212, 

Beardsley,  165. 

Bridges,  184. 

250.  261.  316 

316 

Beam,  302. 

Briggs,  138.  147. 

Andrews,  33,  67,  95, 

147 

-149, 

Bearlev,  127,  123. 

Brigham.  301. 

155,  162,  257. 

301 

Beatley,  301. 

Bright,  322. 

Andrus,  261. 

Beattie,  297. 

Brinker.  161. 

Armitage,  184. 

Beatty,  23,  189. 

Bnnkeshoti.  138,  1S5.  299. 

Armstrong,  1S7,  296 

Becket,  15. 

Britton,  184.  185. 

Arnold,  29,  36,  301. 

Beecher,  54,  101,  143.  297. 

Brincv,  14. 

Asher,  261. 

Beekman,  95. 

Bristol,  179. 

Ashbrook,  63,297. 

Beers.  207. 

Brockctt,  191. 

Ashton,  149. 

Beem,  301. 

Brockway,  321. 

Athill,  94. 

Begges,  228. 

Bronson,  293.  302. 

Atkin,  316,  320. 

>Bell.  195.  260,  299,  301. 

Brooks,  29,  95.  147.- 

Atwater,  135,  230. 

Bellings,  170. 

Brothcrlin,  148. 

Atwood,  153,  175.   • 

Bcllus,  261. 

Broughton,  267, 

Augsperger,  147. 

Benedict,  262.  300,  301. 

Brack,  293. 

Ault,  153. 

Benham,  54,  131,  148,  ISO.  272 

Brunda^e,  178. 

Austin,  149,  18.3. 

Bennett.  261. 

Brown,  15.  23.  28.  32.  06,  120. 

Avery,  163,  325. 

Benton,  261,  190,  301. 

127.  128.  1  10.  153,  156. 

Awl,  149. 

Berrv.  173. 
Berber,  300. 

159.  173.  18  1.  185.  190. 
195,  227,  230.  257.  277. 

Babbitt,  301. 

Berkett,  323. 

293,  208,  301,  302.  317. 

Backus,  52. 

Best,  187. 

Brounc,  22.  77.  103. 

Bacon,  301,  302. 

Bethel.  300. 

Bryanfw2G4. 

Bailey,  81.  143.  144, 

174. 

Belts,  301. 

Buck,  78.  192.  298. 

Baker,  182.  184.  189, 

267, 

29S, 

Bicrcc.  134,  135.  13S,  321. 

Buckingham,  95.  131. 

301. 

Bills.  183.  301. 

Buckland,  147. 

Baldridgc,  43.  168. 

Bigger,  23. 

Buel.  181,  261. 

Baldwin.    21.    99, 

101. 

152. 

Bigham,  14. 

Bump.  153. 

184.  231,  242, 

301, 

319. 

Bird,  298. 

Budd.  301.  302. 

Bale.  267,  299. 

Bishop,  SI,  147.  185,  191.  297. 

Bulen.   178.  296. 

Ball.  147. 

Black,  54,  9r^.  184.  201,  267. 

Bulin.  296. 

Ballantine,  152.  153. 

190. 

Blackwell,  78.     >• 

Bulkley,  155. 

Ballcngcr,  297. 

Blake.  139.     „S 

Bnllen,'301. 

Bancroft,  95,  192. 

Blakely,  185. 

Bundock.  150. 

Bankart.  149. 

Blain,  '185. 

Bullock.  168. 

Banks.  176.  103. 

Blair.  95. 

Burbridge,  159. 

Barber.  153,  301,  303. 

B!anchard.  51,  177. 

Burleigh,  73. 

Barbour.  232. 

Blinn.  118,  149. 

Burget,  134. 

Barden,  76. 

BHsh,  96. 

Burphart.  257. 

Bardeen,  191. 

Blynn,  148,  149. 

Burnet.  20.  25.  27.  100. 

Bardman,  2(JS. 

Blythc.  150. 

Burns.  67. 

327 


328 


Index  of  Names. 


Burrington,  95. 

BurrcmKhs,  261. 

Burt,  72. 

Burr.  48,  83-85,  151. 

Bushnell.  294,  295,  301.  307. 

Butcher.  186. 

Butler,  30.  148.  250,  263.  272. 

Butterfield,  153,  ISO. 

Byers,  179. 

Byrne,  311. 

Cady,  170. 
Calhoun,  296. 
Call,  69. 
Callender,  74. 
Galium,  14. 
Cammeron,  3. 

Campbell,   75,   106,   182.  230, 
233,  267.  291,  296,  299. 

300.  302. 
Camp,  302. 
Canfield,  298,  300. 
Canine,  267,  269. 
Card,  157. 
Carev,  298. 
Carhart,  261. 
Carlile,  94. 
Carlisle,  94. 
Carman,  317. 
Carmichael,  186. 
Carney,  67. 

Carpenter,  61,  189,  258,  298, 

308. 
Carroll.  231,  298,  299. 
Carter,  149. 
Carson,  184. 
Case,  95,  185,  274.  298,  299, 

301.  302. 
Caskav,  191.  154. 
Caswell,  262. 
Caul  kins,  262. 
Chaffee,  146,  172,  315. 
Chalmers,  76. 
Chamberlain,  257. 
Chambers,  147,  315. 
Chandler,  302. 

.Chapman,  74,  1$9„  302. 
Chase,  145.  148,  149,  176. 
Chester,  185. 
Cheke,  156. 
Cherry,  52. 
Chickering,  51. 
Chiderter,  267. 
Chilson,  63. 
Chipman,  172,  174. 
Chittenden.  148. 
Chrisman,  149. 
Chrishian,   Christie,   195.   197, 

203. 
Church.  181. 

Cicil,  166.  , 

Clapham,  299,  300.  302.  • 

Clark,  154.  170,  267.  296-298, 

302.  303,  318.  324., 
Clarke.  96,  135.  298.  299. 
Clarkson,  173. 

Clay.  127,  12S.  231,  249. 

Clans,  187. 

Clavpool,  325. 

Clel'land,  320. 

Clement.  193. 

Clemons,  140,  302.  .'.    "    -  - 

Cleveland.  262,  297. 

Clevenger,  185. 

Clinton,  120-129. 

Closson,  302. 

Clouse,  302. 

Clover,  185.  O 

Cobb.  317.  / 

Cable.  185. 

Coe.  302. 

Coil.  302. 


Cody.  170. 

Cole.  65-76.  95,  185,  272-274. 

Collar.  319. 

Collins.  299. 

Colgrove.  61. 

Collett.  106. 

Colluni,  302. 

Colton.  71.  95,  104.  165,  258. 

Colville,  84. 

Colvin.  206. 

Colwell,  185. 

Covell.  301. 

Compton.  182. 

Comstock,  160.  296,  298. 

Comlcv,  147. 

Condit.  299.  302. 

Conley,  153. 

Congendiffer,  187. 

Connelly,  296,  297. 

Conrad,  143,  182,  1S5. 

Convers,  149,  296. 

Conklin,  267.-- 

Conkling,  318,  319. 

Coolev,  171. 

Coolidge.  149. 

Coolman,  122. 

Cook,  61,  140,  296,  297.  299. 

Cooper,  66,  154,  173. 

Coons,  302. 

Copenger,  94. 

Corbly.  23. 

Corev,  1S8. 

Corwin,    229,    231.    241.    242, 
244,  250. 

Colton,  46,  135. 

Coulter,  267. 

Courtright,  136.  296.  297,  302. 

Covell,  302. 

Covert,  294. 

Cove*-.  1S9. 

Cowgill,  262. 

Cov.en,  41. 

Cowles,  147-149.  315. 

Cox.  153.  185,  302. 

Crabb,  185, 

Crafts,  158. 

Craig,  166,  195,  215. 

Crane,  233. 

Crattv,  297,  300,  302. 

Crawford.  14,  195,  200,  317. 

Creighton,  298.  302,  316. 

Creuston,  184. 

Crippen.  302. 

Crittenden.  68.  79. 

Crisp,  94. 

Crist.  302. 

Crocker,  16S. 

Crosby,  318. 

Crowhelton,  298. 

Crow,  136.    ' 

Crovur,   94. 

Crov,  185. 
,Grvder,  185. 

Cubbage,  302. 

Curtis,  55,  298.  302.  320. 

Cully,  82. 

Cummings,  302.  321.- 

Cunningham,  SI.  299.  302. 

Curry,  184,  288,  289. 

Cushman,  170. 

Cuthbertson,  3,  4.  6. 
-euttrr.  23.  95,  144. 

Cushing.  191. 

Dage,  179,  184. 

Dull  v.  186. 

Dalgel,  298,  302. 

Dangler,  146. 

Darling,  77.  153.  154,  316,  31S. 

Darlington,  21,  26. 

Datigherty,  320. 

Davenport,  262. 


Davidson.  184.  185,  262. 

300. 
Davis,  184,  185,  1S9,  27^, 

280,  2S8.  293,  207- ; 

302,  324. 
Dawson,  162,  302. 
Day.  268,  297,  300.  302. 
Dean,  184,  298.  302. 
Debolt.  187. 
Decker,  185,  302. 
Delgel,  185. 
Delano,  147. 
Delaplane,  135. 
Demass,  14. 
Demarest,  185. 
DeGood,  302. 
Denny,  155,  156,  160. 
Dent,  1S9. 
Dennison,  147,  17S. 
Derbv,  95. 
Depyster,  122. 
Desha,  131. 
Derhler,  147,  148. 
Dennett,  302. 
Dewey,  73. 
Dexter,  93. 
Devency,  62. 
Dickman,  262,  149.  302. 
Dicken,  262. 
Dickerson,  197,  262,  276. 
Dickinson,  67,  228. 
Dickey,  296,  298-300,  302 
Dildine,  184,  185. 
Dill,  167,298,46,302. 
Dillcy,  62. 
Dinan,  190. 
Dinwiddie,  93. 
Dirst,  26S. 
Dixon,  183.  302. 
Dobbin,  9,  10. 
Doan,  171,  173. 
Doane,  135,  136. 
Dodds,  297. 
Dodge,  149. 
Doersam,  1S7. 
Doherty,  229. 
Donaldson,  298. 
Donald,  292. 
Doney,  81. 
Dona  van,  302. 
Donnan.  302. 
Doolittle,  152.  160. 
Doran,  302. 
Dorman.  151.  318. 
Dousrherty,  70. 
Douthert,  95. 
Dorsey,  168. 
Douglas.  179. 
Downs,  191,  315. 
Doxon,  166. 
Downer,  170. 
Doyle,  302. 
Draper,  302. 
Drake,  268,  302. 
Drees,  147. 
Drew,  68. 
Drver,  143. 
Dubois.  298.  30.  32. 
Duch,  10S. 
Duff,   lSr>, 
Dulen.  297. 
Duncan.  297.  301. 
Duckworth.  302. 
Dunham.  262. 
Dunlap,  22t>. 

Dunlevy.   210.    10.   21-23, 
Dunmore.  196,  109. 
Dunn,  148. 
Dunning.  67. 
Durant,  63,  297,  298. 
Durling.  302. 
Durham,  67. 


I 


'\J 


Index  of  Names. 


320 


Dustin,  297, 
Dutch,  297. 
Dyar,  95. 

Fames,  77. 

Karl,  298. 

Earley,  184, 

Easter,  142. 

Fasten,  298. 

Eaton,  180,  187. 

Eddev,  44.  . 

Eder,"  185.  v 

Edgar,  149. 

Edmonson,  173,  285,  299. 

Edwards,  05,  298. 

Egle,  41,  43. 

Eisenhart,  158. 

Elliott,  184.  22G.  298,  302. 

Ellis,  53,  105,  170,  184. 

Elmore,  184. 

Emick,  187. 

Emig,  1S7. 

Ensign,  51. 

Erwin,  14. 

Emery,  184,  185. 

Espy,  12,  14,  324. 

Estell,  2S5. 

Estill,  195-197. 

Evans,  94,  135,  1S4.  220,  302, 

319. 
Evarts^KM,  153,  202. 
Ewing,'  109,  127,  228. 
Everitt,  147. 
Eyell,  189. 

Fairbanks,  154. 

Fairman,  208. 

Faivre,  70. 

Fancher,  302,  303. 

Farquer,  ISO.  322. 

Farr,  100. 

Faxon,  155. 

Fav,  147. 

Farker,  302. 

Fee,  50. 

Fenton.  2GS. 

Fernald,  94. 

Ferris,  3(J2. 

Person,  2GS,  297,  302,  303. 
-Ferguson,  44,  127. 

Fermor,  14. 

Filson,  33. 

Findlay,  5,  42. 

Fingar,  147. 

Fish,  319.  324. 

Fisher,  139,  1S5,  320. 

Fitzgerald,  313. 

Flagg,  202. 

Flanders,  147. 

Flannegan,  297,  298,  303. 

Flower.  298. 

Fogle,  302.  -, 

Foley,  184.  ' 

Follett,  01,  147. 

Ford,  72, -148,  223. 

Forshee,  81. 

Forsythe,  147,  170. 

Foster,  2-15,  208,  299,  302.  303. 

Fowler,  302.  303,  317. 
/]  Franklin,  297,  29S. 
'    Fraker,  94. 

FrankTitr,  303. 

Frame,  200. 

Frankenstein,  251. 

F  rayer,  122. 

Freehart,  290.  >o 

Freeman,  'JW,  302. 

Frey,  188.  -v 

French,  185,  259.' 
/      F  round,  188. 

Fulkmer,  298. 


Fuller,  51,  CO,  01.  71,  1S2.  29S*  Greenwood,  154. 


310 
Fulles,  31S. 
F'ullerton,  95,  148. 
Funk,  72. 
Furness,  202. 
Furman,  147. 

Gage,  155. 

Gagcr,  153,  190.    ' 

Gallatin,  102,  114, 

Galloway,  147,  158. 

Galbraith,  5,  297. 

Gamble,  54,  140,  195. 

Gander,  175.  184,  185. 

Gangewer,  149. 

Gardiner,  297,  298,  303. 

Gard,  81,  95. 

Garrett,  220,  222. 

Garland,  294,  301. 

Gaston,  297,  298. 

Garfield,  70. 

Garvina,  303. 

Garner,  303. 

Garthright,  298.1 

Garvin,  298. 

Gary,  319. 

Gates,  297,  301,  303. 

Gastinger,  303. 

Gattin,  190. 

Gaulv,  169. 

Gaugh,  14. 

Gav,  65,  148,  185,  294. 

Gebbard,  172. 

Gcarhart,  134. 

Gerard,  23. 

George,  2G8. 

Gerould,  95,  255,  250. 

Gervais,  179. 

Getchell,  323. 

Gephart,  142. 

Gibbs,  3  71,  1S9. 

Gibson,  172,  184. 

Giger,  303. 

Giflord,  202. 

Gill,  148,  149,  303. 

Gillespie,  290. 

Gildersleve,  297. 

Gilbarth,  298. 

Gilbert,  257. 

Girven,  170. 

Gillette,  54,  259. 

Gil  more,  28,  37. 
Gleason.  142. 
Glosson,  202. 
Glass,  303. 
Godman,  185. 
Goble,  303. 
Godoun,  1S4. 
,Goforth.  22,  23,  99-101. 
'Goodhue,  208,  298. 
Goodwin,  259. 
Goodrich,  259,  200. 
Goodson,  184. 
Goode,  109. 
Gooding,  1S4. 
Goldsmith,  29S.  1S5. 
Gordon,  284,  303. 
Gorman,  174,  184. 
Gould,  55,  159.  303. 
Gove,  172. 
Granger,  233,  208. 
Grace,  1S4,  100. 
Gradcy,  131. 
Graves.  303. 

Grav,  08,  9b  181.298.303. 
Graham,    82,    108.    180,    29: 

303. 
Greenleaf.  135.  140.  100. 
Greenhow,  173. 
Greeley.  104. 
Grccn,v202,  180,  290,  303,  31.: 


Grinncll,  303. 

Greve,  100. 

Gregg,  310,  317. 

Gregory,  48,  152,  202. 

Griffith,  202. 

Grigsbv,  201. 

Griswold.   174,  1SS,  189.  134. 

137. 
Grinncll.  303. 
Grist,  303. 
Groom,  IS 4. 
Grover,  185. 
Grovtton.  184. 
Gx-ubb,  184. 
Gullv,  185,  297. 
Gufts,  2G2. 
Gundy,  185. 
Gunu,  2(\2. 
Gun,  109. 
Guppy,  170. 
Gunisey,  .153. 
Gustine,  202. 
Guerin,  303. 
Gunderman,  303. 
Guthrie,  OS. 

Hahn,  303. 

Hale,  150. 

Hall,  182.  202,  297,  299. 

Hame.  154. 

Hamer,  231. 

Hamil,  140. 

Hamilton,  94,  95,  147,  184. 

Hammond,  303. 

Hanchell,  314,  317. 

Handon,   178. 

Hanna,  173.  204. 

Hanson,  179. 

Hard,  303. 

Hardcsty,  82. 

Hardin,  303. 
)  Flarding,  154. 

Hardv,  177.       . 

Harkclroad,  262. 

Harkins,  189,  263. 

Harness,  159. 

Harper,  14,  192. 

Harris,  135,  182,  185,  203,  209, 

299,  303. 

Harrison.   109,   115.   119.   120. 

127,  128,  131,  147,  156, 

1GG,  1G7,  2(2.  241,  297, 

Hart,   55,    185,   257,   290-299. 

303. 
Harter,  153. 
Hartman,  182. 
Hart  well,  150.  170,  25S. 
Hartmver,  140. 
Harvey,  203. 
Harwood,  170. 
Hastings,  149,  154. 
Hattel.  84. 
Hankel,  17S.   - 
Haven,  203.  303./ 
Havens,  82.  2G3,  209,  298. 
Haverly,  296. 
Hawkey,  185 
Havden,  145. 
•  Havs,  298.  303. 
i  Haves,  70,  319. 
Ileadlev.  300. 
Heath,  00. 
I  Iron,  263. 
Hedges,  184. 
Iff  inmiller,  190. 
Heman.  263. 
Hcltrc.  188. 
lb  brick,  177. 
Hellman,  1S4. 
Helmick,  297. 
Hclsel,  147. 


330 


Index  of  Names. 


Hempstead,  296.  297.  298, 
Hemmingwey,  54. 

Henderson,  15,  184,  297 
Hendrv,  19. 
Hen&ren,  185. 
Henthbrne,  297,  298. 
Herzog,  139. 
11  err,  147. 
Herrick,  319. 
HeiTitigton,  G9. 
Herron,  299. 
Hess,  296. 
Hews,  185. 
■  Hewett,  94,  174,  1SS. 
Heyl,  143-147. 
Higby,  321. 
Hibbin,  147. 
Hickey,  297. 
Higgins,  61. 

Hill,  43,  GG,  179.226.276, 
Hiliman,  182. 
Hills,  95,  151,  272. 
Hilsinger,  82. 
Hillyer,  171. 
Hinds,  S03. 
Hines,  G7. 
Hinman,  95,  323. 
Hippie,  174. 
Hish,  140. 
Hitchcock,  263. 
Hoad,  263. 
Hoadley,  2G3. 
Hodgden,  298,  299. 
Hoeekle,  141. 
Hoffman,  154,  159. 
Iiofer,  324. 
Hose,  156,  184,  233. 
Holbrook,  53,  54,  77. 
HoIIey,  2G3. 
Hollister,  1S7. 
Holton,  303. 
Hollywood,  25S. 
Holmes,  184,  303. 
Hoi  man,  54. 
Holyrod,  324. 
Hooker,  40.  65,  175. 
Hooper,  303. 
Hoover,  177,  1S4,  303. 
Hopkins,  187,  311,  322. 
Horen,  71. 
House,  185. 
Hough,  174,  309,  323. 
Horn,   140,  303. 
Hosrner,  310. 
Hotchki^s,  2G3. 
Howard,  72.  95,  147,  257, 

297,  300.  301,  303. 
Howe,  301. 
Rowels,  94. 
Hoves,  263. 
Hoflocker,  299.  303. 
Hubbard,  95.  263. 
Huber,  142. 
Hudson,  184. 
Huffman,  1SG. 
Hughes,  67. 
Hulbutt,  322. 
Hulk,  263. 
Hull,  29. 
Huddleson,  303. 
Humason,  135. 
Humphry.  259. 
Hunt,  KS4.  233,  262.  269, 

299,  305. 
Huntrr,  33,  95,  139,  271, 
Huntington,  94,  101,  109, 

228. 
Huggett.  298. 
Hard,  147. 
Hurlburd,  185. 
Hurlburt,  269. 
Hutchinson,  165. 


301.    Hutson,  185. 

Hutches.  300. 
,298.    Hyatt,  151,  186. 

Hyde.  65,  66.  178.  2GS,  303. 

lhrig,  76. 

Iiams,  184. 

Ingerham,  60. 

Ingraham,  185. 

Innis,  179,  290. 

Irvin,  121,  127,  207,  212,  303. 

Irwin,  263. 

Ives,  45. 

Inskeep,  297,  298. 

Jack,  263. 

Jackson.  29.  35.  148,  16S,  229, 

297,  300,  303. 
Jacobv,  44. 
James,  23,  189. 
Jameson  ,184,  268,  270,  297, 

299. 
Janes,  299. 
Jarvis,  43. 
Jaycox,  269. 
Jaynes,  269. 
Jefirey,  95. 
Jeti'ries,  185. 
Jennings,  44,  187. 
Jenkins,  150.  301,  309. 
Jewett,  65,  184,  218,  219. 
-Johnson.    109,    131,    171,   303, 

307. 
Johnston,  82,  184,  1S5,  250. 
y,.  Jones,  95,  119,  141.  147f"l75, 

184,  193.  263,  269,  296, 

297,  303. 
Jordan,  144,  14S,  1S5,  303. 
Judd.  96. 
Julian,  297. 
Juopenlaz,  141. 
Junhu,  29S. 

Kurr.  141, 

Keete,  14. 

Keeler,  150  ,151,  29G,  303. 

Keen,  14,  2G4. 

KetTer,  136,  140,  142,  143.   ' 
•  Kellar,  264. 
VKeller,  141. 
-X-Kcllv,  Kellev,  50,  127,  264. 
-  Kels'ev,  147,  264,  303. 

Kelton,  147.  149. 

Kendall.  200.  301. 

Kendricks,  257. 
2GS,     Kennicut,  60. 

Kenedy,  14. 

Kent,  79. 

Kenton,  290. 

Kenyon,  55,  297,  299. 

Kesling,  127,  128. 

Kersev,  95,  272. 

Keys,  85,  135,  316. 

Kerr,  184. 

Ketchun,  303. 

Kibber,  321. 

Kidd.  189. 

Kid  well,  290. 

Kilbourne,  95,  147,  174. 

King,  61,  131,   155.  299,  301. 
303,  316.  320. 

Kingsburv,  65,  97. 
29S,    Kinkead,  187,  315. 

Kimicv.  299. 
272.    Kious,  299. 
14S.    Kirkpatrick,  14. 

Kinnear,  17s. 

Kissinger.  299. 

Kitchell.  22.  23. 

Klaus.  Ins. 

Kline,  148. 

Klippart,  149. 


Knaebcl,  151.—  „ 

Knapp,  257,  258,  314.  315.  323 

Kinckerbocker,  44. 

Knox,  1^00,  2U7,  210,  212,  299 

Kohn,  299. 

Kohr,  177.  £  ' 

Kost,  324.  \ 

Kramer,  184,  303.        .      n 

Kraus,  72.  -.*   •" 

Kuhn,  1SS. 

Kurtland,  316.  '        ■  \ -^ 

Kusterer,  141.  ;,  "    '_\ 

La  Fayette,  128-130,  259.  j    ' 

La  Serre,  86-92,  95. 

Lackey,  264. 

Lair,  186. 

Lamb,  257. 

Lambert,  159.  185. 

Landon,  68,  300,  303. 

Lane,  167. 

Langhan,  21,  26,  94,  99,   100. 

270. 
Lanman,  147. 

Lash,  164.  .;  ':] 

Latham,  296.  jm 

Lathrop,  158. 
Latta,  30,  3-4. 
Lawrence,  4,  1G6,  167.     . 
Laws,  184.  '    S;  I; 

Lazelle,  67.  --•      - 

Lea,  95.  '^ifj 

Leach,  303.  "  ~. 

Leaky.  323.  .  ■     ** 

Leavitt,  230. 
Leidv,  304. 
Lee,    73,    149,    1G3.    185.   294. 

206,  301,303,  304,  307, 

309,  324. 
Lerte,  159. 

Leeky,  301,  303.  j..       g'g 

Legg,  185.  .-.     a  ':! 

Leland,  257.  .      '  "4     'p. 

Lenker,  139. 
Leroy,  153. 
Lewis,  68,  170,  196,  109,  200, 

203,  238,  264,  303,  323. 
Lighnter,  318. 

vLinn,  145,  175.  g     t 

Limlenberger,  297,  300,  •..  j  •. 
Likes,  303.  £ 

Lisle,  303.  .  £<j 

Linnabery,  303.  ■      "  - 

Likens,  303.  "J- 

Lisson,  316.  R     ■■■ 

Little,  269,  301,  317.      L     $  3 
Linky,  14.  ^  •  -_. 

Lindslev,  55.  '       :    -  *  , 

Livingston,  69,  303.  304.    "    V 
Locke,  255.  £     Jy  < 

Lockhart,  8. 
Loomis,    153,    184,    185,    290, 

298,  299,  300,  303,  Z01. 
Loop,  269.  1         ;- 

Long,  67.  1S4.  185,  29S. 
Lord,  127.  134.  159.  <  •  . 

Loty.  188.  J 

Lovcland,  135. 

Loury,  303,  301.        ;'-  g   •    ..  : 
Lowther,  8.  5 

Ludlow,  19,  23,  25,  151.       j  -' 
Lunkford,  278,  279. 
Lynch,  135.  -     \  \ 

Lynn,  94.  ?.' 

Lynard,  174. 
Lytic,  131.  201. 
Lyon.  52.  94.  208.  303.  301. -„ 

McAdow,  175. 

McAfee,  215. 

McArthur,  100.  156,  276.  293. 

McBride,  286. 


Index  of  Names. 


331 


McCarnev,  290. 
MeCarty,"  107. 

McClelland,  14: 

McCloud,  185. 

McCture,  23,  195. 

McCiintock,  202,  300. 

McCloskey,  2(3-1. 

McClerv.  299,  300,  301,  304. 

McClurg,  299. 

McClung,  210.  219. 

McCormick,  13.r>. 

McCov,  17,  164,  304. 

MeColly,  304. 

McComb,  297,  299. 

McCurdy,  304. 

McCracken,  127. 

McCrea,  135. 

McCutchan,  297,  300,  304. 

McCue,  195,  200. 

McCullough,  148;  270.  300,  304 

McDonnald,  296,  301. 

McDennot.  184. 

McDiU,  249. 

McDonald,  94. 

McDowell,  195.  304. 

Mc Dunce.  70. 

McElhar.ey,  184. 

McFarland,  1S1. 

McGiven,  30  i. 

McGill,  185,  300. 

McGinns*,  41-43. 

McGonigal,  289. 

McGtiffv,  296. 

Mcllvain,  228. 

Mcjitnsey,  10.    ■ 

McKilbtjft-ck, 

-McKay,  53. 

McKnight,  15. 

McKoun,  74.  *— 

McLane,  300. 

McLean,  8,  105,  10S,  122,  157, 
233,  242,  250. 

McLene,  L57. 

McLeod,  301,  297,  299,  304. 

McManigal,  95. 

McMillan.    McMillin,    23,    99, 
100.  101,  304. 

McXarv,  321. 

McNeal.  135. 

MeNair,  195.  199,  200. 

McVav,  301. 

McWhirk,  304. 

McWilliams,  304. 

Maekey.  147. 

Madcr,'  137. 

Madison.  310. 

Main,  317. 

Majors,  ISO. 

Maltbv,  Mahbic,  314,  315. 

Mattb'v,  95. 

Mann,' 159.  304. 

Manier,  204. 

Maiv.vurimf,  94,  102. 

Marts,   147, 

Markell,  J  75. 

Marker,  09. 

Marple,  299. 

Marriott,  304. 

Marshall,  IS,  169. 

Marsh.  61. 
.    Martin.  14,  9r>,  149  ,185,  297, 

299,  304. 
.  Martindale,  181. 
I    Maverick,  169. 

Marvin.  259. 

Mason,  182,  315.  318. 
•    Massie,    14,  21,  26,    109,   200, 

276. 
i  Mather,  171. 

Matson,  164. 
i  Mattoon,  298,   299,   300.   301, 
304. 


,'1'i. 


Mathews.  135,  184,  195,  264. 

Mauer,  137,  159. 

Mauser,  182,  304. 

Maxon  ,55. 

Maxwell,  29. 

M'av,  95,  264,  206. 

Mavdewell,  176. 

Mayhcsv.  315,  321. 

Maynard,  178.  297.-     " 

Mavo,  168. 

Mead,  171-173. 

Means.  137,  189,  290. 

Mechling,  137. 

Medbery,  95,  272. 

Medford,  304. 

Meeker.  14.  300. 

Meigs,  14,  107. 

Menypeny  ,147. 

Meredith,  IS4. 

Merrell,  297,  29S,  304. 

Mei-ion,  149. 

Merrey,   147. 

Merriam,  259. 

Merrick,  95. 

Men-is,  300. 
— -Messenger,  318, 

Michell,  180,  187. 

Miles,  66,  160. 
"  Miller,  19,  44,  48,  01.  82,  85, 
128,  184,  185,  228,  296, 

Milthouse.'l89. 
Millspaugh,  67. 
Mills,  187. 
Miner.  155,  1S4. 
Minot,  135. 
Minster,  143. 
Mish,  175. 

Mitchell,  73,  236,  297. 
Mix,  127. 
,     Miier,  175. 
Mock,  }S5. 
Moeler,  136. 
Moffat,  195,  197,204. 
Molyneaux,  191. 
Monroe,  94,  229. 
Montour.  292. 
Moodie,  147. 
Moodv,  175. 
Moon,  72.  291. 
,Moore,  61,  195,  201,  269,  297 

299,  300,  304. 
Morehead,  184. 
Morev.  187. 
Morgan,  264,  209. 
Morris,  37,  128,  134,  160,  166, 

173,  184,  205 

304. 
Morrow,    1-27,    99-133,    22 

254. 
Morse,  53,  61.- 
Moses,  169. 
Moss,  264. 
Mot,  144. 
Mute,  251. 
Mott,  74. 
Moulton,  55. 
Mullen,  185.  299. 
Mulliken,  179. 
Munver,  314.  317. 
MurdMck,  61. 
Murry,  1.  3.  4. 
Muskit,  9  1. 
Murphy,  299,  30-1. 
Murry,  316. 
Myers.  136,  146,  187.  304. 

Nappier,  168. 

Nass,  142. 

Navdenbush,  184. 

Nccl,  LS7. 

Neil,  95.  146,  147,  149.  304. 


33,  301, 


Osborn, 
Osburn, 

Osburnc, 


315. 


148, 
257, 

301. 


Needles,  184,  1S5.         V}i 
Neds.  304.       - 
Nelson.  296,  297,  299.  ." 
Newell,  299. 
Newton,  301. 
Newcorhb,  301. 
Neville,  147,  149. 
Nettleton.  264,  269. 
Nichols,  78,  181,  299. 
Niswanger,  148. 
Neiswinder,  304. 
Niles,    135. 

Noble.  67.  146,  166.  269. 
Nolan,  204. 
Norcross,  52. 
North,  323 
Northup,  186.  300. 
Nutt,  269,  304. 
Nungesser,  304. 

Oglcvee,  84. 

Ogden,  1S3,  299. 

O'Harra.  185.  304. 

Olmstead,  82,  127,  299, 

Orcutt,  63. 

Orndorff,  85. 

Orton.  67. 

72,    82,    147. 
150,    161,  233 
258.   204.  296 
J  317,  323. 

Outrington,  52. 

Owen,  178. 


Pace,  304. 

Paddock,  16S. 

Page,  264,  269. 

Paige,  172. 

Palmer,  16S,  304. 

Pancake,  185. 

Parhm,  185,  189. 

Park,  297,  299,  304.    ' 

Parkhurst.  299 

Parker,  43,  67.  173. 

Parkate,  264. 

Parkhell,  5,  12,  14. 

Parish,  94,  98,  181,  1S2,  1S5. 

Parmalee,  71. 

Parmenter,  tO. 

Parnell,  74. 

Parsons,  29. 

Parks,  52. 

Patchen,  3 IS. 

Patrick,  204.  269. 

Patterson,  5.   14,   79,  81,   178. 

IS").  269,  300. 
Paul.  22,  23.  25.  304. 
Pearson.  167. 
Pearce,  51.  144.  147. 
Pease,  10S,  158. 
Peck,  96. 
Pedrick.  136,  142. 
Peckert.  06. 
Pegg.  300. 
Pelton,  299. 
Pendleton,  131,  1S1. 
Penn,  5.  9. 
Perley,  269. 
Perfect,  304. 
Perry,  53.  300.  301. 
Peters.  159.  304. 
Phinney,   180,  258.  20°.  297. 

298,  :KM\  300. 
Phelps.  95,  164,  173.  272.  296. 

207,  298.  209.  300.  301. 

310. 
Phillips,  95,  163.  299.  304. 
Pheneger,  30 1. 
Piekerii  g.  207. 
Pierce,  L86,  304,  322. 
Pii  n  v.  185. 
Pier  pout,  Id. 


332 


Index  of  Names. 


Pike,  SO,  191. 

Finney,    177,    1S4,    297,    29S, 

300,  304. 
Piper,  184. 
Pinckard,  1Gb. 
Pittman,  1.95. 
Pitkin,  321. 
Place.  204. 
Plcuvett,  298. 
Piatt,  140.  148,  149,  159. 
Plumb,  171. 
Poage,  195,  200. 
Pollock,  174. 
Pomerov,  61. 
Pool.  185,  298,  299,  304. 
Pontius,  130,  1S5.  304. 
Porter,  55,  98,  135,  1S9,  224, 

297,  304. 
Poppleton,  204. 
Potter,  147,  103,  272. 
Powas,  53. 

Powell,  143,  165,  181,  105. 
Postle,  304. 
Prather,  160, 
Pratt,  61,  261,317. 
Prentiss,  149. 
Preston,  195,  314. 
Price,  304. 
Prichard,  101. 
Priest,  304. 
Preudfk,  15. 
Praden,  62. 
Probasco,  250. 
Prouty,  299. 
Powers,  304. 
Puckette,  189. 
Purdy,  147. 
Punderson,  264. 
Puilenberger,  147.  297. 
Pugh,  296,  304. 
Pumphrev.  298. 
Putnan,  319. 
Pyle,  1S3. 
Purmost,  299. 
Purceil.  312. 

Quimby,  170. 
Quirin,  158,  300,  304. 

Rainear,  1S5. 

Ramsev,  185.  305. 

Rami;/,'  168,  305. 

Randall,  65,  172,  175. 

Ranck,  2uS. 

Rankin,  5. 

Randolph,  297. 

Rathbone,  127. 

Ravmond,  259. 

Rager.  1S5. 

Reece,  184.  189. 

Reed,  66,  67,  319. 

Reeder,  19,  184. 

Rees,  305. 

Rem  my,  103. 

Renick.  159,  1S9.  290. 

Reynolds,  115,  300. 

Rhoaries,  1S5. 

Rhodes,  305. 

Rice.  78,  135.  189. 

Richardson,  60,  61,   122,  265. 

Richards,  305. 

Rirlell.  305. 

Ridenour,  305. 

Rigby,  305. 

Kit,  hie.  305. 

Ridgeuav,  149,  205. 

Riei  el,  136. 

Riley,  23.  100,  1S5,  ISO. 

Rickwell,  ISO. 

Rinier,  185. 

Ringer,  73. 

Risdeu,  97. 


Robb,  43.  16S. 
^  Roberts,  6S,  168,  1S2,  298,  300. 

305. 
Robinson,    52.    85,    195.    297 

299,300,30!. 
Robbins,  300. 
Roberston,  300,  301,305. 
Rockev,  30.5. 
Rodgers,  184,  189. 
Roe,  269. 
Rogers,  55,  1S4. 
Rohr,  147. 
Rolfe,  14. 
Rood,  323. 

Roof,  136,  137,  269,  305. 
Rose,  172,  314,  315. 
Rosecrans,  170,  311-313. 
Rosenburg,  148.  s 

Ross,  33,   128,   1S2,   1S4,  230, 

231,  233,  205,  305. 
Rownd,  95. 
Routh,  166. 
Roland,  305. 
Rudiscll,  147. 
Rudolph,  107. 
Rugg,  322. 
Ruqgles,  95,  160,  272. 
Rudy,  269. 
Rule,  195. 
Runyan,  184. 
Russell.  95,  97,  183. 
Ruppenthal,  94. 
Rvan,  95. 
Rush,  296. 
Rvant,  300. 
Rugg,  300,  305.  322. 
Rutliff,  315. 

Sabin,  78. 

Sachett,  Sackett,  262,  265,  270 

297. 
Sackrides,'2G6. 
SafTord,  159. 
Sanders,  265. 
Sales,  55. 
Sanford,  185. 
Sardenes,  299. 
Sarber,  185. 
Sargent,  231. 
Sattcrly,  305. 
Saur,  (see  Sowers). 
Saunders,  83,  266. 
Sawyer,  171,  294,  310. 
Savage,  14S,  149. 
Saxe,  1S9. 
Saxton,  142. 
St.  Clair,  19.  23,  24,  33-45,  166 

-168. 
St.  Hushley,  226. 
St.  John,  65,  6S. 
Saul,  297. 
Schenk, 23. 
Schlever.  140. 
Schlitt,  188. 
Schnebly,  143,  144. 
Schneider.  158. 
Schrock,  298,  300. 
Schucller,  148. 
Schwarth,  1SS. 
Scorell,  265. 
Scofield,  305. 
Scott,  68,  178.  184.  213.  218, 

219,  265,  296,  301,  305. 
Sedenham,  44. 
Seeley,  17/ . 
Seeds.  185. 
Sells.  185,  297.  *» 
Selbert,  305. 
Sellers.  269. 
Seman,  14,  95. 
Scwell.  260. 
Seward,  14. 


Soymore,  318. 

Shade,  205.  260. 

Shafer,  82. 

Shannon.  43,  297. 

Sharp,  70.  184.  265,  297. 

Shaw,  319. 

Shearer,  176. 

Shedd,  297,  298. 

Sheets,  167. 

Shelby,  205. 

Sheldon,  90,  310. 

Shephard,  51-58,  93. 

ShcpardsL.n,  27:i. 

Sdipman,  163. 

Sherman,    do,    175,    185, 
305. 

Sherwood,  266. 

Shields.  14. 

Snipe,  299,  300. 

Shipman,  824. 

Shinn,  185. 

Shirk,  06. 

Shrum,  184,  305. 

Shok.ny,  300. 

Shoemaker,  184,  1S5. 

Shultz,  140. 

Short,  305. 

Shull,  305. 

Sickle,  14. 

Simonds,  52 

Sibley,  176. 

Sides,  324. 

Siger,  55. 

Skeels,  305. 

Skillen,  ISO. 

Slack,  265,  297. 

Slambach,  315. 

Sloane,  122. 

Slough,  265. 

Smallman,  185. 

Smart,  61. 

Snodgrass,  299. 

Smith,  19,  22,  23,  26.  61 
68,  73,  95.  104, 
139,  146-148.  160, 
183-185,  189,  251, 
265,  269,  l?'J7,  298, 
300,  305,  315, 

Snowden,  146. 

Snyder,  305. 

Solace,  14S-149. 

Sone,  184. 

Souders,  137. 

Southard,  73. 

Sowers,  142. 

Solomon,  154,  155. 

Spain,  184 

Sprague,  77-85.  140,  l'57. 

Spangler,  71/  185. 

Specr,  200. 

Spelman,  170. 

Spencer,  257,  305. 

Spooner,    78,    270,    298, 
305.  " 

Spore,  54. 

Soring.  270,  299. 

Springer,  166. 

Sprengle,  135. 

Spurgcon,  297. 

Squire,  185,  300. 

Steblens,  297. 

Stack,  266. 

Stamburg,  298. 

Stark,  5"' » 

Stale/.  L'Y_',  2S:  .285. 

Stanley,  52,  low. 
184. 

.■;  .  305. 

Starr.  1S4,  212,  3< 
Stall,  43. 
Steel,  L'OJ.  270. 
Stemblc,  147. 


Index  of  Names. 


333 


Stern,  185. 

Triplett,  305. 

Wengert,  305. 

Stephenson,   305. 

True.  83. 

Wells.  101,  22S.  299. 

Steward,  205. 

Turner,  08,  83,  182,  257. 

Wcstwater,  94. 

Stewart,  73,  82,  117. 

Turney,  95,  137,  189. 

West,  53.  176. 

Stevens,  265,  299, 

Tubhs.  68. 

Westervelt.  300. 

Stienvalt,  140,  184. 

Tucker,  298,  310. 

Wetherell,  298. 

Stimson,  1S2. 

Tuller,  305. 

Whavman,  95,  186, 

272-1 

74 

Stiver.  187. 

Tuther,  148. 

Wheat.  6S. 

Stillwell.  316. 

Tut  tie,  195,  201. 

Wheaton,  95,  272. 

Stimniell,  305. 

Twigg,  266,  270. 

Wheeler.  184. 

Stocking,  139. 

Twiss,  66. 

White,    19,    23,    25, 

76, 

185. 

Stockdale,  8G. 

Tyler,  241,  242,  305. 

265,  266,  305 

Stone,  52,   100,   145, 

147- 

-149. 

Tyre,  75. 

Whitesides.  81. 

175,  263,  297. 

Whitman,  266. 
Whitemth-232. 

Stoncbrakcr,  147. 

Ulsh,  175. 

Stool  tire.  82. 

Upton,  67. 

Whitcomb,  61. 

Stowe,  323. 

Ulrv,  305. 

Whitsel,  185.  270. 

Strickland,  179. 

Uncles,  305. 

Whiting,  298. 

Strong,  147,  209,  30- 

>,  316. 

Utley,  299,  300,  303. 

Whitehead.  290.  300 

301. 

305, 

Strayer.  142. 

Whitney,  65. 

Stout,  145,  266. 

Valantine,  142,  266. 

Whittlesey,  42,  66,  1 

22. 

Stoutzenbcrger,  147. 

Van  Benschoten,  228. 

Wignell,  396. 

Streth,  316. 

Vance,  95,  166,  228,  233,  305. 

Wickiser,  :W5. 

Stroh,  20b. 

Van  Cleve,  23. 

Wielman,  72. 

Styer.  298. 

Vandeverve,  75. 

Wigton,  305. 

Stuart,  66. 

Vanderburgh,  185. 

Wilbor,  270. 

Stuckev,  190. 

Vincent,  298. 

Wilbur,  78,  295. 

Stultz,  184. 

Vandine,  297,  298. 

Wilcox,  61.  266,  270 

305, 

306. 

Styger,  305. 

Van  Hauler,  189,  190. 

Wickiper,  305. 

'      Stygler,  305. 

Van  Kirk,  305. 

Wilder,  51,  139. 

Sullivant,  144,  149. 

Van  Licen,  172. 

Wiles,  122. 

Sutherland,  187. 

Vansieveir,  305.       > 

Wilkinson.  73. 

Sutten,  168,  1S7. 

Van  Sickle,  300.    / 

Williamson,  300. 

Suttle,  184. 

Van  Rensselear,  69.  127. 

Williard,  147,  148. 

.Swartz,  305. 

Van  Trump,  140. 

Williams.   28,   06,   7 

">,  82 

,   94. 

Swearingcc,  220. 

Van  Zant,  74. 

149,  174,  1S5, 

206, 

270 

Sweet,  189. 

Varis,  185. 

295,  296,  305 

309 

Swormstead,  185. 

Vogle,  1S8. 

Willson.  257.  257. 

Symmes,  11,  13,  15, 

US, 

245. 

Wilson,  5,  22,  23.  82 

,  94. 

189, 

Waddell,  321. 

207,  22S,  259, 

293. 

299, 

Taft,  53. 

Waddle.  160. 

305. 

Tavlor,  146,  147,  149 

175 

ISO, 

Wade,  23. 

Winchester,  147. 

270,  272,  299, 

300, 

v305. 

Wagner,  305. 

Wing,  139. 

309,  319,  320. 

Wagenhals,  136,  13S. 

Winget,  306. 

Talcctt,  97. 

Wagoner,  1S5. 

Winched,  170. 

Talmadge,  147,  305. 

Waldron,  62. 

Winner,  149. 

Tallev,  185. 

Walcutt,  149. 

Win  die,  148. 

Tapscott,  168. 

Waiden,  300. 

Wineland,  16S. 

Temple,  185,  270,  300. 

Waldorf,  186. 

Winter,  306. 

Tent!  .ck,  30. 

Walker,  175,    1S4,    185,    300, 

Witherspoon,  30. 

Terrv,  259. 

306. 

Wittich.  71.  134,  14: 

\  18-. 

Tctrick,  13,  14. 

Wallace,    166,    270,    207,    298, 

Vitt,  251. 

Terrell.  55. 

321. 

Wittc,  143. 

Thayer,  256. 

Waller,  185 

Wolcott,    171,   172, 

314, 

315 

i        Thatcher.  148. 

Walling,  77. 

322.  323. 

!        Thrall,  148,  169-183 

WalHngforce,  305. 

Wolfe,  300. 

Thompson,  82,  184, 

187, 

259, 

Walter,  184.  188. 

Wood.    22.    23,    25, 

147, 

171 

206,  270,  298, 

299, 

305. 

Walter.  139. 

184,  1S5.  270 

Thomas,  32,  305. 

Ward.  23.  25,  95.  185,  214. 

_Woods,  61.  147. 

* 

Thorne,  61. 

Wardrick,  217,  218. 

Woodbridge,  176. 

Thoman,  109. 

Wareham,  169. 

Woodrow,  202. 

Thompson,  307. 

Warner,  182,  184,  305,  316. 

Woodruff,  187. 

•  Thurston,  1/4-176,  ' 

.'98. 

Warclsv.orth.  122. 

Woodward,  52,  148, 

188, 

ISO 

Thwing,  94. 

Warsori,  184. 

Woodrin^.  1S5. 

Tibbals,  38. 

Washburn,    28.    67.    71.    184, 

Work.  139,  142. 

Tidball,  301. 

294.  297,  300,  310. 

Wormlcy,   143,  146. 

M7.- 

Tiilanv,  290. 

Wasson,  185. 

Worthinefon.  14,  21 

•'t) 

100- 

Tiffin,  21.  25.  26,  37, 

101, 

106, 

Waters,  270.  299. 

102,  194.  197 

'  f09, 

112 

228,276. 

Watts,  is:>. 

127,  22S,  276 

.  395 

Tilton,  94. 

Waterfield,  264. 

Wright.    119,    181, 

185. 

228 

Tinkham,  270. 

Watkins.  54,  299. 

300,301,305 

Tipton,  185?-.    " 
Tingley,  60.  ' 
Tilberrv,  184. 
Todd,  223. 

Watson,  85,  149,  184,  800,  305. 

Vale,  309.  810. 

3 
Watt.   142— 
Waugh,  54. 

Vantjs.  270 
Yearling,  188. 
Yoe,  si.  85. 
Young,  142. 
Younghouse,  1 11 . 

Topping,  318. 
Torrence,  168,  305. 

Wayne,  196.  219. 
Weaver,  187,  305. 

Towler,  1 48. 
Townscnd,  Ml,  187 
Tritnble,    112.    121, 

195 

226, 

Weaks,  185. 

Webster.  179,  2-19.  322. 

Weed.  51. 

Youngblood,  187. 
Youmans,  300. 

254.  276-2-8. 

Weishehncr,  82. 

Zirgler,  112. 

Treat.  171. 

Welch,  72,  176. 

Zimmer,  1  12.  188. 

Travis,  177. 

Welden,  190. 

Zimmerman,  3—. 

Trumbull.  179,  195. 

300. 

305. 

Wellnian,   188. 

Zinn,  185. 

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